What a powerful comment. Say what you will about the faults in these books, the characters are so well developed and meaningful a comment like this can illicit intense human emotion. Hats off to you!
That's true omg like what was his reason or what drove him to turn to Voldemort and betray his friends. From what I get from the whole series was he's scared? He wanted to save himself that's why he turned to Voldemort? That's just probably me but yeah, that's what I just concluded since he just popped in and then died without the explanation we needed 😅
Meh, his betrayal shoudn't have been shocking, he was always weak and quiet, that was the point of his character. That he was never truly a part of James crew becuase of his cowardly personality, and in the books. He is portrayed like that, i think wormtail is a very good ( storywise) character
Ahaha I hate the whole “being named after people” thing with Harry & Ginny’s kids. I get that it’s supposed to be a tribute to the people that died but the names suck 😂
Voldemort was not smart. I understand that he uses magic the first time against Harry Potter, but the second and third time... Stab Harry Potter for god's sake!
Correction: Voldemort was egotistical and was very grand in the way he acted, it wasn't about just killing Harry it was about proving and showing everyone that he was the most powerful wizard ever, having someone else kill harry or using non-magic ways to kill harry wouldn't have the same appeal, it's why he duels Harry in the graveyard instead just killing him while he's wandless, or why he planned for the Triwizard Cup take Harry to the graveyard instead of any random object. He is a showman and his theatrics help instill fear into the wizarding community.
I often think that Wizards are oblivious to the fact that muggle objects and tools would do the trick way better than magic at times (hello wizards, please drop the quill and pick up a pen) but even If this wasn't the case for Voldemort, he would never use a muggle weapon. It would be extremely out of character since he is all about pure magic supremacy.
My Unpopular Opinion That there should’ve been more characters from ravenclaw and hufflepuff, good and bad. Edit: I don’t think this is an unpopular opinion!
Ben Rutherford I actually liked when we finally got a relatively bad, antagonistic Hufflepuff character in Order of the Phoenix (Zacharias Smith). Everyone seems to paint Hufflepuff traits as them being flighty little pushovers who like to build flower crowns and make it their life's purpose to be ever so gosh darn friendly. I liked finally seeing that no house was a utopia, even if Zacharias Smith' wasn't frequent. There are downsides to every house, people will still be people no matter where they're put. Hard work and loyalty can easily be twisted around to suit a villain's needs, too. While we didn't exactly see a full-blown Hufflepuff villain, I did like that we finally got a Hufflepuff who wasn't idealized. And this is all coming from a Hufflepuff.
I heard this theory that only the marauders could see each other in the map, it makes sense as a protection in case anyone they didn't want had access to it
@@paradoxal744 maybe I didn't explained it as well as the video I saw, so if snape had the map and could open it he will be able to see the students but he will not be able to locate remus because he only shows up for the marauders, meaning only remus and Sirius could find Peter with the map, I know in the movie harry sees him but in the book it was remus who sees Peter on the map
There was also a strong case that because harry is directly related to a marauder he could see the other marauders i.e. pettigrew but no one else could
yes THANK YOU. Book five harry is acting as a traumatized person. He always gets snappy or "irrational" when it's something related to the literal traumatic event that happened to him. We know he has nightmares about so obviously he's exibing signs of post trauma reactions, and one of the most common in survivors is random bursts of emotions / easy irritability / having strong reaction when something reminds them of the traumatic event they went through.
I hated Harry's attitude when I originally read Book 5 when it came out. Rereading it recently, I realized that Harry really isn't as bad as I had thought he was.
EXACTLY harry was beyond traumatized, like his friend got killed then he was tortured and then the whole ministry of magic turned their back on him. he handled it way better than i woud’ves and i honestly think if someone had given him a hug he might’ve been able to deal with it better but all he got was people mocking him, ron and hermione telling him to stop lashing out, and his hand being cut open for hours a night.
@@Tontoquienloleation Yeah honestly I'm surprised Hermione is just given a pass for permanently scarring her because she signed a piece of paper that Hermione told NO ONE was magically enchanted. Edit: nvm, it was her friend who snitched. Which makes it even more shitty that they just treated Cho badly the entire rest of the series for defending her friend. Also forgot she dated Cedric, so yeah clearly she needed therapy
Nah, they are minority. Hogwarts is the only magic school in England. If they would start a war, muggles would use guns and im not sure it would end good for wizards.
Tbh Ron's pretty ambitious as well he wanted to play quidditch when he wasn't an athlete in the mirror of erised he saw himself as popular he wanted to be an auror just cause harry was essentially he was really ambitious to be like harry
Honestly, most of the Weasley kids belong in Slytherin. Charlie and Bill are probably the only true Gryffindor child. Percy, Fred, George, and even a bit of Ron and Ginny are all great candidates for Slytherin.
In the Battle of Hogwarts, after Harry was "killed", Slughorn did return to fight along with many Slytherin 7th years. Also, after Voldemort was killed, the Phineas Nigellus said "let's not forget that Slytherin helped too!" (Something like that). So yes, all 4 houses fought Voldemort to protect their school.
The crookshanks thing: that would have just been tiresome honestly after revealing Peter and Sirius and lupin. There really isn’t a need for yet another person connected
Headcanon: Mrs. Norris is a maledictus. She was Filch's lover but he got all salty when she turned into a cat. He still loves her, but he misses her human form.
My unpopular opinion... Arthur Weasley is the best character, no contest. He is a simple man, he just wants to know the function of a rubber duck, make flying cars and provide for his amazing family. He never talks down to Harry or treats him like a child, and I felt like he was someone Harry could really go to and have a mature conversation with.
Oh, and Harry's kid's names are trash. Albus Severus, James Sirius, and Lily. Ginny birthed these kids and her whole family adopted Harry from the start, but every name is only about Harry's family or people that mattered to him. No love for Arthur or Molly or poor Fred!
@@genesisfunes7551 agreed fam,would have loved Rubeus Potter and heck maybe even a Fred Potter(Fred potters a bit weird but it would be nice for Ginny and the weasleys)
James Sirius and Lily are fine with me, as their basically his parents. They didn’t do anything too horrible (like killing people or using people), and people name kids after older family members all the time. Albus Severus, however, I have an issue with.
I don't know if this is unpopular but I'm gonna day it anyway: Lupin should not have died. I don't think his death served a purpose other than to make Teddy an orphan and illustrate the cycle of war. But that seems weak compared to all the good his survival could have do to benefit Harry, the main character of the books. I don't think his death really served a purpose to further Harry's journey. When Lupin died Harry didn't even react. But Lupin is a huge character. He survived so much tragedy and shunning and he was the best teacher Harry ever had. I feel like JK just killed him off to add to the already needlessly high death toll. Like show me some older characters who were good people and for they morality were allowed to survive and prosper in a post-voldemnkort era. I feel like Lupin deserved happiness after all the suffering he was dealt in life. Him becoming the permanent Defense against the Dark Arts teacher after Voldemort would have been so cathartic and deserving. And I just feel like Harry deserves to have one of his parent's friends still alive to he can still have a link to them.
I think the entire point of Lupin dying is to show that sometimes those who deserve to live the most still die, especially in war. It doesn't matter that his survival would've been a huge benefit to Harry as the death eaters didn't care about that, so they killed him anyway.
To many adults died. Could've at least let someone live and give Harry a break. Who does he live with after Deathly Hallows. He still wasn't 18 was he. Did he just live at Hogwarts? JK doesn't explain how he lived on as a teen.
Also Snape surviving should have been the thing to do. Both of them reconcile despite their life long differences proving once and for all that things were NEVER what they seemed
I think I can explain one possiblity for Harry's attachment to Sirius. I think Harry LIKED that Sirius treated him like a mini version of James/his dad. Because both his Uncle and his aunt and Snape only had negative stuff to say about his dad, and here is this guy who goes "Oh, james was the bestest person ever and you're just like him". As a teenager, I had a stepmother who HATED my birth mother, and everyone associated with this woman knew she was not my real mother, but they didn't usually talk about my real mom positively. If an adult had come up to me when I was a teen, compared me positively to my actual mom, and acted like I was their best friend, I'd probably have followed them around like a puppy with a platonic crush and considered them family. I get why Harry would go ga ga over Sirius, I really do.
Harry liked Sirius because he was his only hope, he gave him a broomstick, and protected him. A lot of people don't realize that as soon as Sirius went home because of the order. His mind started to slip back into adolescent. It was a trauma response to help him cope with staying in his parents house. This is why I blame Dumbledore. Harry and Sirius are one the same. They desire freedom.
I agree with this. Also Harry as a neglected child would have developed a lot of independent coping mechanisms which may make it very hard for him to lean on someone emotionally who is stable like Hagrid. Sirius would be easier to attach to for that reason. Also Sirius is more of an aspirational hero type figure to a teenage boy as he has more glamour and edge about him.
@@lethalassassin1754 Meh. 6 and 7 are weak too IMO. 5 is strong but you kind of hate it the whole time you're reading it because broody / stubborn Harry and Umbridge. Harry barely knew Cedric at all, unlike what Murphy says. They tipped each other off about one task each and played a Quidditch game against one another, then met in the maze and grabbed the cup together, that's the extent of the interactions I remember. Him blaming himself is typical protagonist, but not telling anyone what Umbridge is doing to him out of stubborn pride made me want to slug him.
My unpopular opinion is that Harry's abuse was not handled well at all, not talked about and reacted to enough and certainly not shown as something as bad as it actually is, especially since he was sent back every summer and the Dursleys did not receive punishment from muggle or magic authorities.
To add to that, with his lack of contact with normal muggles (he can't make friends at school because Dudley isolates him), he is essentially kept from other normal muggles in other situations, and how the Dursleys are the only muggles he is in regular contact with and how shitty they are, he'd either hate muggles or be some kind of severe misanthrope... Edit: Why isn't he an obscurial, given how he basically grew up until 11 being treated like shit?
@@acatwithinternet5635 Especially since obscurials are so dangerous in-setting. However, this is also the wizarding government that is totally okay with leaving kids in the school with a dangerous serpent that through sheer luck only paralyzed all its victims and is a threat to just about everyone in the school, and Umbridge, and life-risking tournaments, so...
@@winterdragon4125 Pretty sure Obscurials come from a specific repression of magic. The Dursley's simply kept Harry ignorant of it entirely. At least that's the explanation i've seen.
Did it not ultimately turn out that Harry, being a horcrux, had unwittingly turned the Dursley's bitter and hateful, in a similar way to how the locket affected Ron? That's the impression I got when I read the books at least.
Hagrid never acted like a father figure either. And he was very unstable as well. Alcoholic, cries a lot in front of harry and the others and they actually have to help him go through that more than he helps them.
The Harry Potter series seems like a case study in poor father figures. Hagrid, Dumbledore, Sirius, Lupin, and to a lesser extent Snape and Vernon Dursley. All tried to be parental to Harry in some capacity over the series, whether protecting, caring, or guiding. Motivations aside, they all fall short and it is this really cool motif I had not noticed before. Also a good example of "it takes a village"
Yeah hagrid is a big hairy idiot, more of a drunken uncle figure. He almost feeds them to a spider. Sirius isn’t much better but if James and lily were around they’d probably not let the kids hang out with hagrid at all.
💯 on Harry’s angst. Grief on watching a friend die, has to live with abusive family in the Muggle world, government is publicly spreading lies about him, Dumbledore is ignoring him, & his friends ignored him all summer. Voldemort is back. & he gets no answers.
Fantastic Beasts I agree with the point but I wouldn’t say that Harry and Cedric were friends. They spoke to each other like 3 times before he was killed. I’m not saying that it makes it less traumatic to witness but they weren’t friends.
@@DaDunge when i started reading hp books , i thought hagrid was some 16 year old half giant who has just been expelled from hogwarts like a year ago , he was just too childish p.s: but he was still my favourite charachter
I have an unpopular opinion, Voldemort is not the true Villain of the story. The ministry of magic is. Throughout the series, the ministry of magic through varying degrees infringes upon the human rights of its denizens. In book 2 they imprison Hagrid without a trial. In book 5 they restrict the education of young Wizards to ensure that they become non-combatants in the future. In book 6, the imprison innocent people to make it look like they're doing something. And finally in book 7, they allow themselves to be fully run by Voldemort and his cronies. Whether through incompetence or malice is irrelevant, the ministry of magic is a far greater evil than Voldemort himself.
yeah but Voldemort is like Hitler and the ministry is like the german govt. Hitler is still the guy who introduced and popularized genocide. I'd say Voldemort is still the true villain
As an American, I appreciate this. It feels very much like our dysfunctional and corrupt political system is a much deeper threat than Donald Trump sweeping and out of nowhere to hijack it all temporarily.
I think Ron and Hermoine’s arguing was always described by Harry, but in their eyes, this was fun for them, some couples argue for fun, and especially in the latter books, I think the arguing was their way of flirting. I don’t think this would translate into their adult life, they were no longer repressing their feeling and wouldn’t have to flirt, now that they are already dating
Plus we only see them pre relationship apart from the epilogue we not know what they are like as adults. They would have chilled out alot more and just had a mainly loving relationship
I really couldn't stand how the other houses were portrayed. Slytherins were all evil, which there is cannon evidence that goes against that. We don't see much of Ravenclaw-expect in a few characters. Hufflepuffs are seen as the lesser house. Yet, Gryffindors are the shining stars. I don't get it.
Alyson Serena Stone I'm a Slytherin and I hate how j k roing puts my house down as evil if we're so bad then we're did all those house points come from
@@susannadaley6328 I've always wondered that about the points as well. I mean, if you look at what it means to be Slytherin, those really aren't bad traits to have.
I totally get why you would say that...but Perspective! The entire book is written from a Gryffindor-fanclub viewpoint. I think Slughorn is the perfect example.
Not really. Snape was in Slytherin but he's not evil and he sacrificed a lot for the sake of his love for lilly. Peter was in gryffindor but he betrayed his friends. It's their own personalities that defines them not the houses that they are in.
I generally think if you have all the traits of Gryffindor you will be a bit ( or a lot ) of a bully. I think ravenclaw is extremely underused because with the traits ( wit creativity and intelligence) there is a lot of range and you could really build on it. With Hufflepuff just they seem like the best people to have in a book like this or at least they could have said something like Ron ( only cause I think his traits Aline quite well with Hufflepuff) had a hat stall between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff and he chooses one because...... and slytherins just they could of gone a different approach cause looking at the traits again they seem like good people to hang out with
Unpopular opinion- Gryffindor should have had more bad people, same with the other houses. Rowling made it seem that all the villains come from Slytherin and while we had a few from other houses it's not very many. If you think about it the rest of the houses are kinda Mary-Sues.
The need to keep the House stereotypes 'clean' is shown with Pettigrew being in Gryffindor. It's fine while describing the Marauders, but he's the reason Harry's parents are dead, he's a vile traitor, he goes against what the House stands for. Once the truth got out there should have been some sort of comment, something like how he tarnished the 'perfect' image of Gryffindor, or how the House stereotypes are bs (which would have been a stepping stone towards uniting the Houses like the Sorting Hat wanted).
Sharon Bingham Gryffindor had a lot of bad people if you have eyes that see and ears that hear. But if you need the author to make up your mind for then let me get you a walking stick for your lack of sight
Lol if Neville ended up killing voldemort that would ruin everything all the movie was leading up to harry Killing voldemort and imagine if it was just like no and then Neville the side character just kills voldemort. I know it's your opinion but I can't not argue with that.
But that worked in Hunger Games. It was Katniss v. Snow, the whole last book was set up for her to kill him and over throw him, but the ppl actually revolted and took over the capital. Katniss doesn’t even kill snow in the end. I don’t think it hurts to subvert tropes.
@@TheDarkAgez Actually though, can we just talk about how The Hunger Games managed to actually have a unique ending that was ridiculously sad and satisfying at the same time. *chef's kiss*
Alex Orr very true. It was painful, but whole. Fulfilling. My only argument is her and Peeta getting together and having kids at the end, but Epilogues be Epiloguin’.
You're so right. Actually Remus and Tonks deaths hit me so hard bc I felt like they where both so loving and not talked about enough. So.. pretty underrated character since a lot of people just focus on sirius
My opinions; 1.Dumbledore was a shady motherfucker 2.The government should've gotten hate for trashing a teenager's reputation from other wizarding country 3. Sirius isn't perfect but still a good character 4. We should have heard a couple of marauders and lily Evans' stories 5. Luna should've been in the books longer 6. Luna and Neville should've ended up together or if Luna and Rolf had to end up together, we should've seen him in the books 7. We should've gotten a few good slytherin pupils 8. The golden trio should've befriended more slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff friends 9. We should've seen more of the other schools 10. Someone should have called out the teachers and the other kids' bullshit-- ex: all the times they literally shunned Harry for dumb reasons
Very unpopular opinions: ( I’m probably gonna add on to it in the future as well) -Cedric wasn’t shown enough in the movies/books to be a sad death -Fred’s death in the movie wasn’t sad -None of the ending couples actually made sense and were just thrown together so that the next generation could be developed -Dumbledore is honestly the worse character in the series, he put Harry in an abusive home, full well knowing that they were “the worst sorts of muggles” like are there really no laws in place that could of put Harry with literally anyone else -I feel like Voldemort was actually a really interesting character that just went down the wrong path of dark magic, yes his views on somethings were barbaric and he was a full blown psychopath but it was just the horcruxs that made him go crazy, crazy -I literally hate all of the new generations names, like I get that Harry and everyone wanted to honour the people who died but couldn’t they just have them as middle names? Like are Harry kids gonna name their kids after him because of what he did for the Wizarding World? Honestly wouldn’t be surprised if they did -Snape was such a terrible character. He bullied Hermione, Harry and poor baby Neville, and he used Harry’s memories to literally mock him. He used Harry as a source to inflict hate on because of Harry’s father? Because Harry totally knew his father well enough to be exactly like him? Another point I don’t get, Harry and James had totally different upbringings and didn’t even get to meet each other so it would be very unlikely that they would even act the same way. Don’t get it twisted, Snape doesn’t care about Harry and only helped him because of a) the life debt from James b) he loved Lily -that’s it. Snape was around 30 by the time Harry was at Hogwarts yet felt the need to treat an 11 like trash because he’s SUCH an adult. -Book Sirius kinda sucked. He only really saw Harry as James and used the golden trio as a way of having fun and plus only really thought of himself in life :/*cough cough* outing Remus as a werewolf to Snape. Never even pulling a thought together that Regulus maybe wasn’t an idiot and was actually only influenced by his upbringing. It really didn’t help that he was in Azkaban so long but I think if he did live, he would of been a terrible guardian for Harry (although admittedly way better then the Dursley’s).
I have to agree with you on Cedric, he barely had a character in the films, and he was even meant to be in the third book. This is just why the books are so much better, as they have actual characters instead of only developing Harry, Ron and Hermione and leaving it that because they have to move the plot along.
Ben Southwell Yeah, but I think the point is that their relationship development isn’t the most logical, it’s just kinda BAM Ginny has a crush on Harry. BAM Harry is jealous of Dean. They work well together based on character traits, yet unfortunately we don’t really see that in many scenes.
I agree with the first and last one. I loved Fred and cry everytime I read his death scene. I don't think the movies did it well enough so yea the movie wasn't as good but for me it still is really sad for me.
My unpopular opinion is that the "19 years later" chapter should have been cut. The story ends perfectly without it; you're left with a sense of closure but also that Harry's story will continue. The final chapter reads like an awkward fan fiction, which is oddly telling considering JKR can't seem to stop adding to the series.
@@alannap.5165 Ahh honestly, I would rather not know. I just feel that it's totally unnecessary to know who got married to who and how many kids they had, or where they ended up working, as if that's the most important outcome of a series about magic. It ruins the immersion for me. But to each his own!
Ostich God Yes. Absolutely. Harry as an Auror makes no sense. He’s going to have all kind of mental issues from the war (PTSD, anxiety, depression, at least one of these), and he won’t want to have to continue doing that kind of stuff. Teaching children how to defend themselves, though, yes! He is absolutely that type of person!
@@sarahmorris4575 You assume he would. People that want to defend others will always drift towards doing that. Harry can and could teach but his abilities are better used as an Auror, as well as his personality. He taught in book 5 because he needed to save the world.
I always saw Sirius more as an brother to Harry. Maybe an uncle. It was always clear, that he was not able to raise a child. Mostly because he was a half-mad fugitive. But i would not see Hagrid as any better. Of course, there is an emotional connection, but he is not a father figure. He's more the cousin that means well, has some cools stuff and messes up regularly. That's why i think it's reasonable for Harry (not the reader) to see Sirius as his spare father. He had not father, now he got an adult, that seems like an adult, and who explicitly says that he wants the role.
I think uncle figure is a suitable comparison. Uncles are usually the ones being less responsible and more like a friend, but still seen as someone to be trusted and respected.
How would Neville ever be able to defeat Lord Voldemort in combat? It's a nice thought, but he doesn't become a great spell caster just from being brave, nor would he have been the owner of the Elder Wand
@@Vampire_Nightshade the spell doesn't matter, Harry was talented at DADA from the beginning and is in general much better under pressure in a combat situation than Neville
@@Vampire_Nightshade Harry was able to teach all of his year group at the age of 15 and get an O in DADA, Neville's not pathetic or anything but Harry's top of the year
Just to add on to the comment about Harry being angry and angsty in book 5, I'm pretty sure Ron and Hermione didn't write to Harry that whole summer after Cedric died because they were at the Order headquarters and Dumbledore asked them not to. So Harry watched Cedric die, the majority of the wizarding community turned their backs on him, he returned to an abusive home, and he lost all his connection to friends and his chosen family in the wizarding world. Poor guy had every right to be angry, on top of the whole having an evil dark wizard wanting you dead.
IKR I felt so terrible for Harry and everyone in the book was acting like he’s insane for being angry with everyone. But no one talked to him, no one said good job for finding the strength for fighting two dementors by himself after watching his friend die and nobody seeming to care about him for a while two months. Like f yes I’d be angry, I’d be so angry I’d hide under the invisible cloke and pushed everyone. Down the stairs. Hardly.
I don’t understand people that ship harry and Hermione together for me they’re like brother and sister idk... but I agree that they have more chemistry on screen than Harry and Ginny but it’s not hard to beat lmao
Marianne Oh ok, yeah Ginny and Harry have almost no scenes alone together in the movies and the ones they have are really short. Also Ginnys character is not very deeply portrayed in the Movie, like idk what someone who never read the books could say about Ginnys Character and Life 😂
Hagrid is the most underrated character in this series. I’m still outraged that Harry failed to name one of his children Rubeus-especially when he gave that honor to Severus.
I'm 16, and I read it the first time at 13. I thought that Order of the Phoenix Harry was the most relatable Harry for me through the series. I thought it was realistic that he acted they way he did.
They should have made Crookshanks James and Lily's old cat. That would explain why he recognized Sirius and Peter, and I think it's even said somewhere in the books that they had a cat that escaped the rubble of their house. Would have loved that!
Unpopular opinion: Rubeus Arthur Potter, you were named after the only two men in my life that cared for me just because they were decent (human) beings
Only one I really disagree with is Harry dying. Honestly, I hate the "protagonist dies" trope. That's the trope i think is really over used. Also not a fan of Herville lol
The protagonist dying has always been a thing that I have seen clamored for, but never really done in huge media series, especially not in the middle of the climax without defeating the Villain. Do you have some examples of it that I might have missed?
The thing is, she's an awful person but I honestly still like the character. Not because she's nice. I just think she has that interesting-evil thing lmao Also, not mentioning the books here: Respect the actor. Heck, that was awesome!
The thing I love about Harry and Cedric's friendship is that it's based on healthy rivalry. That's different. I wish the rivalry between Harry and Draco would've ended like that.
Cassandra Alastair rather, I think he was. While Harry excelled when it came to the ‘physical’ end of the spectrum, Draco is smart, so very smart. Had they tried to help each other, that would’ve been the best plot twist
I mean at least they ended up on good terms after the cursed child so that's something… And I did like that Draco ended up repaying Harry for when he saved his life so that was something - still wish that the whole relationship development that happened in the cursed child happened in the last book though.
@@switchgear100 I totally agree with you. Cedric should've been part of Harry's life sooner and made more relevant. So his death would've been so much bigger than it already was. Imagine if Harry had met Diggory in his 1st year just as a cool older student from another house who's nice to Harry at some point. In the 2nd book, Diggory tells Harry he doesn't agree with the rest of his house and doesn't believe Harry to be dangerous. In book 3, the two of them talk more, especially after Harry loses the quidditch match because he fainted. Maybe he shares a tip or two on how to focus when facing dementors. Basically, make Harry and Cedric actually bond before they become rivals in the tournament. So when Cedric gets killed by Voldemort, his death means much more to Harry. Harry didn't lose some nice guy he rarely ever talked to, he lost a friend.
Ha! I actually didn't read the books until after the film version of Goblet of fire came out. I read through Order of the phoenix and then saw the movie, before reading the Half Blood Prince. Until I read that book I totally thought Harry would end up with Luna!
This isn't so much an unpopular opinion as a kind of strange one, but Ron should've played a lot more chess. it's the one single area where he's shown to excel. where he outshines other people. yet it's barely given any mention after the first book. Give that boy something to be good at. Hogwarts should've had healing classes. they even have a competent healer on campus so there's no excuse not to teach literally the single most useful type of magic. Professor Bins should've been sacked. he's the absolute worst type of history teacher possible.
Calintares On the note of healing, what branch of the school’s magic would it fall under? Some form of transfiguration? I know some bits would be counted as defense against the dark arts, but the rest is iffy. Maybe some charms as well? I guess that’s why healing should be relegated to an elective while keeping basics to the required courses (and advanced counter-curses being taught in defense against the dark arts regardless).
1. Harry should’ve married Luna. 2. Dumbledore is a Slytherin. 3. Malfoy needed to play a larger redemptive role. 4. Rowling needs to chill with her hatred of Slytherins. 5. Petunia should’ve broken down at her last goodbye with Harry.
Yeah, I see a lot of Harry and Luna chemistry in book 5 that book 6 really shook me :)). Maybe because I'm asexual so I viewed Harry Luna in a more platonic relationship so they just felt so right to me (I'm aware that Harry is sexual individual though). As a Slytherin I don't think Dumbledore would be in Slytherin. He took so much risks and making some very brave decisions to be one. A Slytherin would be more practical and don't take risk to themself and always has a backdoor. He wouldn't except a werewolf like Lupin to be a student at Hogwart or entrust his life on other people...
Rowling doesnt hate Slytherin she hates Hitler as she Put Voldihitler ther she makes a Lot of People hate it during the books But at the end makes sure zo Kinda say dont hate on the place Hitler comes from Forever its Not thd fault of this place
Pascal Fernandes She really does hate Slytherins and she could have made the redemption way better. She also stated that every racist belongs to Slytherin, so I really think she hates that house. In addition, in every book she showed some really bad actions from Slytherin and they never did some good things. The main character hates them, everybody hates them. And then at the end, she just says: No, no, they're not that bad. There are some good guys. Really?
My unpopular opinion: I outright hate the pairing of Lupin and Tonks. I love them individually but the minute that scene in HBP happened everything just felt odd. Tonks acted oddly desperately for a guy nearly half her age(I know it’s “sort of” hinted throughout the book, but it still felt weird) and then everyone pretty much guilt tripped Remus into dating her. It never seemed like Her character to be like that and it felt weird that Remus went along with it. And when she becomes pregnant with his kid, he just fucking ABANDONS HIS PREGNANT WIFE and acts all “boo hoo I don’t want my kid to have a werewolf dad”. I’d understand being insecure about that, but just leaving his new pregnant wife for that cowardly reason is just... ugh. And they both have to die just so their kid had to be orphaned. I dunno, ever since JKR.put that in they just never felt like like themselves. Which sucks because I loved Lupin in Book 3 and Tonks in Book 5 but that ship was just god awful.
Finally someone said it! They just don't fit. Lupin is pushed into the relationship by Molly and the others and had no deep conncetion to Tonks whatsoever. They are both perfect on their own, so why did they have to end up together?
Okey: Unpopolar opinion!!!! Harry should have not ended being an *auror* but a *profesor* of Defence againts the dark arts. I MEAN Harry spended all the books complaining about his role as savior and he loved training the Dumbledore's army. Just think about it
Daniela Arias Is that unpopular? I always thought becoming a defense against the dark arts teacher would be perfect for him and it was super obvious, it was even built up thematically, so the fact that he didn’t is pretty obviously ridiculous to me anyways 😂
I actually disagree Which is more of an unpopular opinion tbh, Harry to me never seemed very book smart or showed interest in it really, but let’s be real harry always looked for things, adventure, he got himself into trouble most times, he wanted the truth and to save the day even if complained about it, as any normal teen would, if he didn’t want save the day then he wouldn’t of, being an investigator type is everything Harry should be and more, a great one at that fact, I can not imagine Harry as a professor, Hermione maybe but Harry always strikes me as the adventurer, not the learner or teacher
I mean Harry has basically been an auror his whole school years, why wouldn’t get so the thing he’s best at, I mean I could see him as a defensive of the dark arts teacher but I feel like that would be down the track when he’s old, being auror for now is perfect
My unpopular opinion is that I hate that JKR adds to the story via social media. If I were a random person who knew nothing about the series and picked up the book, I wouldnt know all the things she had added. I want to see inclusivity in the writing not as something akin to an after thought.
Part of me feels like whatever social justice is popular at the moment, she tries to claim her book had that before it was cool via her Twitter adds. "Gay rights is hot right now - Dumbledore is gay!"
I sincerely appreciate how you express your unpopular opinions in a civil and respectable manner while making it explicitly clear that you have no intention of triggering anyone with your opinions. It absolutely irks me when people express their unpopular opinions as if they were irrefutable scientific facts or when they express their opinions in an overtly off-putting manner with callous insouciant disregard for the people it may offend. I greatly respect your high level of emotional maturity when discussing topics that tend to be heated in fandom.
I think a lot of the tension/ between Ron/Hermione is that they struggle to admit that they want to be together ? From what I remember, they were childish/piss off each other in the beggining but since book 4 they start realize their feelings and have this weird friendship in denial (mostly at Ron's fault). We don't see they being together as a couple, because the book ends in the same day they start dating, but I always thought that most of that weight was gone and that the they would be a jokefull but caring couple. The epilogue feels that way.
not the biggest fan of ron's character but i will say i am so glad he and hermoine got together over harry and hermoine..they had no chemistry in the films and it would of left me feeling disappointed
At least longer than Remus and Tonks death scene ! Let's be honest, Remus had the worst life of all the characters (him and Sirius), and he was the best character. But they couldn't even show his death ?
Time was ticking and Harry had to keep his head straight. Besides isn't that when Hermione was crying begging Harry to open up his mind one last time to see where Voldemort was.?
- Draco needed a Zuko-esque redemption arc - Dumbledore was 100% a Slytherin - I actually liked Hermione and Ron ending up together. - Harry shouldn't have named his kid after Dumbledore or Snape. They were both terribly flawed human beings. Where is young Rubeus Potter?
Yeah, I like Herms and Ron together too. I like couples who lowkey annoy eachother? LOWKEY. And I feel like dating must have tempered that quite a bit. (Why fight when you can have sex amarite!?) I feel like they challenge eachother more than they "butt heads". But hey, whatever. I see where those who don't like them are coming from. (Then again ... how good would Hermione/Pansy have been if Pansy was less vile and had a redemption arc? I like the concept. Inter-house relationships are just more interesting, honestly. What is with these folke just marrying within their house wtf :P )
Snape was borderline abusive to Harry. The way that Rowling and the fans act like he's some god because he had a boner for someone who didn't like him back is ridiculous (yes, I know he actually did more than that, but nevertheless he made Harry's school life an absolute hell, especially in the books).
It is their flaws that make them special. That even with these flaws, they managed to do the right thing and actually helped defeat Tom. And they meant a great deal for Harry, so I kind of get it. Besides, Rubeus sounds horrible hahaha (no offense)
I actually believe that Romione is a good ship. Hear me out, yes, they used to fight a lot but I believe that the fact that they got together on the last book shows that they were old and mature enough to handle their differences differently. Hermione used to be a little arrogant and close-minded but in the end she became a truly caring character that sacrificed a lot for others. Ron on the other hand used to be very whiny (don't get me wrong, I love him) but in the end he got over it. If you think about it, most of their arguments happened because of their very different traits. And they were kids! When you're 14 years old you aren't expected to already be mature. However, that doesn't mean that I don't respect other people's opinions, it is totally fine.
Lmao, Sirius spent less time with Harry than Lupin but Sirius's death caused Harry the greatest pain. I mean Harry used the Cruciatus Curse following his death, yelled at Dumbledore and broke Dumbledore's things in the Headmaster's office after Sirius died. When Lupin died, who's easily in my top 5 favorite characters, Harry primarily felt bad because he had a son, who was a baby, just like Harry was when James died. These 2 different reactions should tell you who Harry considered to be his father figure. A man convicted of killing Harry's parents, whom Harry wanted to kill mid third book, who saved the trio from Lupin the Warewolf, who kept in correspondence with Harry from that point on, to helping Harry with Triwizard Tournament, to give Harry understanding about Barty Crouch, and then relieving Harry from pain after Cedric died. He stayed with Harry at the hospital at the end of Goblet. He sided with Harry when others wouldn't give him info about the Order and Voldemort in Order of the Phoenix. He encouraged Harry to start the Dumbledore's Army, which you all love. He provided Harry with understanding how James was. He stood up for Harry against Snape and nearly had a fight with Snape, to make sure Harry isn't bullied during Occlumensy lessons. He risked his life at the end to save Harry at the Ministry, and DIED protecting Harry. Where was Lupin after Prisoner of Azkaban? He essentially disappeared for Goblet of Fire and came back in Order of the Phoenix. That's not a fatherly characteristic, but Sirius risked everything to be near Harry during the Tournament. Heck, we barely see Lupin keep in touch with Harry in Half Blood Prince. Harry had Sirius for only 2 years and Sirius kept communicating with Harry more than Lupin did in 4 years. Sirius died when he went to save Harry and Lupin died for the cause. That's a big difference.
@@tfahad2051 honestly, this is getting ridiculous. I love Lupin - but the man hated himself so much that he ran out on his own child. As "responsible" as he was, he was distant (for good in-character reasons) and showed no inclination in taking on the role that Sirius fought tooth and nails to have. As flawed as Sirius is, he is the only adult who Harry opened up to easily, and is an advocate for Harry's best interests. Sirius was reckless - but he was almost always reckless with his own life, never with Harry's. Also, in list of things Harry that show Harry's reaction to Sirius's death - Harry tried to strangle Mundungus when he thought he was stealing from Sirius's house.
I never minded Hermione and Ron's relationship. I always saw their arguments as playful and them just challenging each other. Ron had street smarts and experience with the magical world, while Hermione had a vast amount of book knowledge and was naive in the ways of actually being in the magical world. I don't think her being with Neville would have worked, she would have walked all over him and never been challenged when she made a decision.
I agree Hermione and Neville wouldn't work. I would feel so bad for Neville if he ended up with someone like her. In canon, I think he ended up with a Hufflepuff, which is a much better fit for him.
@ Noire. Lace; I would agree with what you said about Hermione and Neville except I feel like he grew stronger and more confident as a person near the end of the series. And if he continued to grow, they would have been a good match.
My unpopular opinion: Petunia Dursley had a right to hate the wizarding world. It doesn't excuse her behaviour towards Harry, obviously, it goes without saying. But she lived in her sister's shadow for basically her whole life. She always felt like she wasn't as loved by her parents because her sister was a witch and she wasn't. She was neglected herself and in turn neglected her nephew in the way she was as a child.
You don't have the 'right' to hate a whole community and basically race of people, because you're jealous of your sister. Well, I guess there's a reason it's an unpopular opinion. xD I think it's great that the books explored, why she hated the wizarding world and neglected Harry, but it is an explanation. Not an excuse.
Yea I'd understand *why* she did like I understand why snape was an ass when he was younger, why Tom riddle was a sociopath, etc etc I understand it and that makes them complex characters I just wouldnt go as far as to say she has a right to hate an entire community because she was overshadowed by a sister in that community, I understand her resentment of her sisters powers, not her hate of the entire wizarding community
agreed but because she lost her sister in many different ways and times, I've not heard how their parents die? and because of what lily must have gone through while she was at Hogwarts being from a muggle family and all.
I'm glad that Malfoy never got a redemption. I was predicting he would the whole time, because it's a massive cliche that whenever there's a character who's a jerk because their father raised them as a jerk, they always have a redemption before the end. I'm glad that she avoided the cliche.
Big budget shows were not seen as viable then. Look at Rome. It only ended because it was too expensive for HBO to keep producing. Today however, because of The Witcher, Game Of Thrones, etc a series would be more viable and I think it could happen ion a few years.
1. Ron’s chess-playing and strategic mind never got utilized or developed 2. Slytherin house should have gotten better development. 3. Ron should’ve been paired up with Luna, Lavender, or literally anyone except Hermione. She isn’t really good for Ron considering she can be very patronizing to Ron and I think Ron deserves someone who actually makes him feel like he matters. 4. Remus didn’t get the recognition he deserved for all he did for Harry. Thanks for over 1k likes, and I do respond if I can.
Ron x Luna is one of my preferred ships actually 😅 I can't really explain well why I paired them together but there's something that draws me to them to be together? It would be really fun and nice to see the dynamic of their relationship. I think they balance each other out quite well. Ron didn't get enough credit as a character in my opinion. Sure he has a temperament of a teaspoon but he's more than that. I think the producers interpreted his character quite wrong and lacking. Ron isn't just about ill temperament and food lol 😂 I'm quite disappointed that, that is how he was interpreted in the movies. My mom explained to me his character since as a child I somehow got frustrated with Ron 😅 I said something about 'Why is he like this?' then my mom explained to me his character and I appreciated him more when I get to understand him better ✨
TaZR6 I kinda agree, but I mean more of like what he did from POA onward. I mean I think Remus shoulda been there for him, but tbh we don’t know what he was going through during those years, I mean one friend got killed by Voldemort, the your other friend gets arrested for supposedly killing your other best friend and 12 muggles and accused of telling Voldemort where the potters were. So I can understand if the guy needed time of for depression. And just saying my girlfriend turns in to a monster too, but then again don’t they all.
Unpopular opinion: I always thought Ginny and Neville would have been together. In the books Ginny gives Neville a chance and takes him to the dance. I loved that she was compassionate to him and was trying to see him for who he was. I thought it would have been a good lesson that sometimes we dont find our prince charming with the most popular or our fantasy crush (Harry Potter) we find love in the beauty of people in unlikely places who are just as brave and are capable of great things.
@@thepatrickcrab Harry kept saying Luna looked really stupid and weird in general and what he thought about wasn't too kind to her either BUT_- I think that, many couples could've happened as development, Harry-cho, Harry-Ginny, Hermione-Krum, Hermione-Ron, and then have something more plausible, with development I really think the weirdness of Luna and Harry would've been cool if they developed a genuine relationship overtime, the scenes they shared together were cool and the last one, when Luna helps harry find the diadem or the ghost, I just think it could've evolved that route after harry dabbled with some unfitting match and he and luna grew as character could've been cool. Still Harry never found her too attractive in canon so that's already that. Would've been cool though! Genny and Neville I don't agree, I know they're not as bad in the books but I like to see people develop not settle for someone kinda like them at all times like im shy youre shy let's go. I agree with Merphy even Hermione and Neville would be sick with good development but see you can't just have a super developed character who has lots of story to say like hermione, a strong circle of friends we know about and then some shy dude like neville who basically has a feat of I was shy now im more leader like and badass, classic trope and arc for shy characters, and have them date someone who has all this story and that's basically the only relevant thing they did so far we know. Still would neville develop id find it more interesting, ginny needs further development so i could know more and pair her more effectively in my head, too underused and shadow character for me. Ron I have no idea, i feel he also needed more interaction with others and personal development.
the high school sweetheart thing is completely different for hogwarts. you're put into a house with people who all have similar ideologies to you. that probably increases the likelihood of high school sweethearts getting married, also the wizarding world is pretty small in europe
I think the reason why people consider Sirius as a father figure is that the movies (mostly the 5th one) focus a lot more on his more fatherly traits, in order to really convey how important he is to Harry in the little screentime he's given before his death. I was actually surprised by how different he was in the books when I reread them
True. Also, Rowling would have needed to find a VERY good reason why Crookshanks lived as someone's pet and never ever revealed himself as a person. Pettigrew had one, because he had faked his death and his safety depends on everybody still believing that he was dead. What reason would Crookshanks have not to reveal himself to anyone and just tell them that the rat is an animagus?
Also, someone would need a good explanation for why a grown man is living as a cat in a dorm full of 13 year old girls? It was creepy for Peter Pettigrew too but he was cannonically creepy . In this scenario Crookshanks is a protagonist so like.....not sure how that would fly.
Yeah she would needed to have created even more backstory so that the reveal didn't feel forced and out of nowhere. I think it's fine that's he's not revealed to be an animagus.
Agreed. I don’t think crookshanks should’ve been an animagus at all, however I DO think he should’ve been something else magical. Maybe even a wizard that had the same blood curse as Nagini. That would explain why he was so smart and could tell Peter wasn’t a real rat. 🤷🏼♂️
And Snape had no redemption tbh. He served Dumbledore because he felt guilty for Voldemort having killed Lily and Dumbledore made sure he would never forget that.
I think Harry sees Sirius as a father figure and the closest he'll ever come to knowing James, but he doesn't really know what a normal father would be like (Mr. Dursley is not a normal father, even to Dudley) and doesn't see the issues with how Sirius treats him. I think Sirius _thinks_ he sees Harry as a son, but he really sees James. It _is_ an interesting dynamic between two people with extremely tough histories, starting from childhood. Harry has a _lot_ of father figures; Hagrid certainly is _one_ of them, but I don't think any of them really fully encapsulate what it is to be a father, which might be the unconscious intent. The closest that comes to it, in my opinion, is probably Arthur Weasley, which is something of a default choice because I don't think either of the Weasley parents can help basically taking Harry on as yet another son when it is so clear he needs good parents in his life. Arthur doesn't seem to treat Harry too differently from his own sons. FYI, Sirius is my favorite character so... To anyone who thinks I don't love him as a character based on what is written above, don't. He dethroned Dumbledore (just saying).
I absolutely love Sirius Black. He is my favorite character by far but I totally agree with the confusion on viewing him as a father figure. I always put him more in the crazy/awesome/fun/weird uncle category because of how he never treated Harry as a son
I personally think the reason Sirius was more important to him was simply because of how close he was to his parents. It's the closest he's ever been to his own parents I think so idk I get it. I see why he sees him as a father figure more than other people.
Ok that Crookshanks unpopular opinion? I feel like if Crookshanks had been an animagus all along that would've maybe been a little too much? :D Like the entire plot twist section of the book would've been *the dog was secretly Sirius Black all along* but wait! *the rat was secretly Peter Pettigrew all along* but wait! *the cat was secretly a person all along also* Like it gets a little old? Two animagi is enough in my opinion
Plus Scabbers as a grown man secretly sleeping in the boy‘s dormitory is already creepy. If Crookshanks were anything but a) a normal cat or b) a young girl as an animagus, it‘d also be weird for him to be sleeping in the girls‘ dormitory. If we found out Crookshanks who is a male cat was actually a middle-aged man sleeping in the girls‘ dorm the whole time...nooope!
*this comment contains spoilers of Crimes of Grindelwalt trailers* I am not sure how it is called, but what if crookshamks is what nagini is, a woman that turned into an animal through a blood curse
I hear you about Ron and Hermione's bickering and butting heads as a reason for them to not be together; but if you look at couples in real life, an extremely large number of them (I would say half) are exactly like this.
I totally agree that they should not have all married their highschool sweethearts. That's totally ridiculous. It's like they had zero character development after we last saw them as teenagers. I would have been fine not seeing them many years later until there was something worthwhile to write about that time period.
Ardo Con She literally did it, admittedly, so others wouldn't pick up where the story left off. It was a popular thing at the time and some series were written into the ground by another author trying to continue a previous authors work.
right i always thought the 19 years later thing was cheesy and not really that cool. another ending with harry and the weasleys would’ve sufficed (for me)
jackie JK literally explained it as trying to make it so nobody else could try and continue her story. There were series that were done pretty damn dirty by another author basically doing a paid version of fanfiction continuing previous novels.
jackie She was basically doing the writers version of "I licked it so it's mine". Sort of. To be fair there were some pretty bad "sequels" to book series that were otherwise amazing at the time. Some of them were pretty bad. They didn't exactly ask the original writers before doing it either. It's basically paid fan fiction. (Fan fictions that continue a story after it leaves off are common)
Crookshanks is NOT a wasted potential. If he turned out to be a wizard THAT would have been a predictable twist. The fact that he is just a smart animal is a bigger twist to me.
The real twist is that Crookshanks is actually the cat that was owned by the Potters (mentionned in Lily's letter), and that is why he recognized Peter Pettigrew and Sirius Black, and that is why he had been in the magical menagerie for ages (like Peter had been in the Weasley family for ages), and Sirius and Pettigrew probably did not recognize the cat, because they always thought he was just a regular cat, but Crookshanks is actually a kneazle. I don't know if this is true, but it definitely is one of my favourite fan theories...
If crookshanks turned out to be anything more than that it would be chalked up to contrived plot convenience and everyone would be whining about that, instead. Oh, of course Hermione just happens to end up with (the potter's cat)(an animagus cat of someone close to the potters)! Also I imagine Oprah calling out: You get an animagus, and Peter's an a animagus, and this cat is an animagus, and everyone is an animagus. Except for Remus Lupin. He's a werewolf. Also named FricKING. REMUS. LUPIN. Like, did he change his name after he got bitten?
TOTALLY AGREE ABOUT BOOK 5 HARRY! I never found it annoying, it was realistic. He has PTSD. People just aren’t used to fantasy heroes being human. That’s what makes book five my personal fav.
The first time I read Order (as a 15-year-old), I hated that Harry was so annoying and angsty. I hated it so much I actually quit the series. Then, when I re-read it as a 30-year-old, I realized that Harry's behavior makes total sense given his age and situation. Still hated the book, but that's because Order of the Phoenix is a boring filler book where almost nothing happens and it should have been like 80 pages instead of the 800-page slog JKR gave us (there's my unpopular opinion).
@@XWierdThingsHappenX I HATED him in book 5 lol I almost stopped reading over it. Then again, I tend to have a really low tolerance for characters who handle their emotions by taking them out on other people. And Harry does a lot of that in book five. I always say that even if you feel like crap, that's NOT an excuse to hurt other people. It's the same reason I can't stand Bill's parents in It, or the parents from Broadchurch.
@@LordofFullmetal I'd normally agree with you on hating characters who take out their feelings on other people, but I can't with Harry. Harry is a child soldier that's been forced to kill, tortured, betrayed, abused, and had an unbelievable amount of stress, responsibility, and pressure put on him. That he's lashing out at other people is realistic and seen often in soldiers with ptsd. They have so much trauma that they can't deal with it and lash out. Add to that he literally has no one to turn to that will understand or help with these feelings. Everyone is either adding to the pressure or also a child. Better he lash out with words occasionally than turn that anger on himself physically.
I felt like Sirius was more like the cool rebel uncle rather than a father figure. And it feels bad when you're just starting to get to know someone as family and then they're ripped away from you. Plus that was like one the last LIVING connections Harry had to his parents.
Everyone ending up with their childhood sweetheart/friends really annoyed me as well. Personally, I really wanted at least one major character to marry a muggle. The whole series is about acceptance and equality etc. and they all married within their circles?? Also: - Remus doesn't get enough recognition for everything he went through & everything he did for Harry. - Ravenclaw had the potential to be explored as (what I believe to be) a truly 'grey' house. But we didn't have any really relevant Ravenclaw characters, so... - The epilogue is too neat and happily ever after for me, personally. Could have done without it. - Regulus Black was the true MVP of the entire series.
How was Regulus the true MVP of the series? Don't get me wrong, I liked his character, but let's look at what he did: -Betrayed Voldemort after Voldemort almost killed Kreacher (not because he had a change of heart about killing Muggles and Mudbloods) -Stole Slytherin's locket and left it with Kreacher -Died Which lead to: -Harry and Dumbledore not finding the locket in 6th year -Harry, Ron, and Hermione having to break into the Ministry to get it a year later Like I said, I like his character. He was sympathetic towards Kreacher and Voldemort's treatment of the House Elf made Regulus think twice about following him. Maybe it even changed his mind about being a blood purist. But his actions didn't change anything. In fact, had he done nothing, things would have gone smoother for Harry.
I suppose he's my own personal MVP of the series because he stepped up when he really didn't have to and lost his life with no recognition for his sacrifice, bravery or cleverness. Regulus was a reformed Death Eater who died betraying his master for someone else's cause, and then thought of by a coward posthumously by his family, friends and society. Only Kreacher knew the truth, and he wasn't even allowed to defend him. A lot of people point out Hermione's intellect for example, but forget that Regulus had not only figured out that Voldemort was making a Horcrux, but managed to figure out where it was hidden and how to get to it, something even Dumbledore didn't achieve until much later. Fair enough, he didn't actually manage to destroy it, but he thought Kreacher would be able to and he knowingly sacrificed his own life in hopes that it would be, all at 18 years old. Even though it wasn't destroyed, if Mundungus Fletcher hadn't stolen the locket, Umbridge wouldn't have gotten her hands on it and it would have been safe at Grimmauld Place where Harry probably would have felt it/been drawn to it. There are many things that would have made life easier for Harry, but if they all happened, we wouldn't get a story. I'd also say that Regulus being driven to find the locket because of Voldemort's treatment of Kreacher makes him especially admirable. I do believe that he grew up believing his family's blood purist ideals to some extent, but I don't think he bought into them to the same level as say, Bellatrix or Walburga. It's said that he admired and respected the Dark Lord in his youth, which I can understand given his environment and upbringing, but it's also said that he began having doubts about his role and Voldemort using Kreacher as an experiment was the last straw that pushed him into acting. His relationship with Kreacher shows me that he had empathy and compassion for a magical being seen as inferior by most of wizarding society, not just the snobby pureblood ones, and I can't imagine someone who feels that way about another species could truly detest a subsect of his own. Personally I think Regulus being a Death Eater was a survival tactic. As someone with a Machiavellian thought process myself, it's exactly what I would have done if I was in his place. He had a lot of responsibility on his shoulders after Sirius ran away and got disowned, and he did what was expected of him and became a Death Eater for what - a year or so? before he defected because reality kicked in. I also think it's interesting that he's named after the star at the heart of the Leo constellation, which arguably would have been better suited to Gryffindor Sirius, but we know JK loves putting thought into her character names. Sorry I wrote an entire thesis, goddamn lmao. I just love me a neglected badass.
I like the point of the epilogue. I honestly kinda hate epilogues in general because they close of the wonder, that feeling of wanting more is great and I want to imagine that anything could have happened to the characters at the end. My main issue with epilogues, like the one for Harry Potter, is this need for everyone to be coupled off with kids. Real life doesn't work that way. Not everyone gets married with kids, and not everyone wants to be. I am frustrated with the notion that that is what a happily ever after should look like. What if for instance, Ron didn't have any kids, or waited a long time and his kids were significantly younger than Harry's. I could easily see Mrs. Weasly getting on Ron's case for not giving her grandkids.
I agree, I don't like a story to be tied up in a bow and placed at my feet, epilogues are bit too finite for me as well. You're absolutely right, I don't really understand why everyone fell into the same traditional happily ever after. The epilogue was a really childlike view of the future, I think. Realistically, maybe Harry and Ginny got divorced, maybe Ron didn't want kids like you said, maybe one of them couldn't have kids, maybe one of them couldn't take how normal everything had become and now spends their time organising illegal underground duelling tournaments in Russia. The possibilities are endless. The fact that they all stayed in one place, settled among themselves and did what kids are usually told to do when they grow up is a bit sad to me.
Unpopular opinion: writing the book from multiple POVs and not just Harry's perspective would've made the character evolution and storyline way richer.
I agree..that would have evolved Ron and Hermione so much more. It always felt like all of a sudden Hermione had started feeling jealous. Also, Ron as a character was pretty boring. If she wrote from his perspective, it would have helped him be known better
Less of a book thing and more of a fandom thing, I don't see Drarry as a good relationship? Usually I love fandom ships that aren't gross but I can't get behind it.
Hmm I don't ship it either but I think it has something to do with the "tention" of the relationship. Enemies to lovers is a very popular trope in fan culture (and even in regular media) so two people who've known each other for a long time and where basically obsessed with each other makes for good material ig. I've had a concersation with a shipper once and they said that redemption is also a big part of it (many people who don't ship drarry at all actually wanted for draco to be redeemed so that's another point). Imo I can see why people might be into it but I don't really see it as working. Maybe an unhealthy crush at best but definetly not a relationship. Idk maybe someone who actually ships it could explain it better 🤷
Opinion: 1. Harry should have named his child after two people who actually loved and cared about him ( Rubeus Arthur Potter *cough cough ) 2. Jk Rowling was wrong when she said draco wasnt redeemable but snape totally was . Draco deserved a better redemption arc period.
@@Ari33sa boys to rubeus and arthur and lily's name for example minevra or molly. I actually dont get why all name are important for harry but none for ginny...
Don't know if it's unpopular but: 1) Rowling should have made all houses equally likeable, especially Slyhterin got too much hate 2) Avada Kedavra is a spell that takes away what could have been epic magical battles. The curse is too strong for a duel.
All Harry vs Voldemort duels are just Expelliarmus vs Avada Kedavra. I know the odd Crucio is thrown in but they could have made them use loads more interesting spells like how the death eaters use them.
It might have been better even if there was some backfire of the spell, like if you use it someone you love dies as well. Then only someone like Voldemort could use it and not just random death eaters.
agreed! like the unforgivables are way to powerful or at least are too easy to cast (iykwim) like u only need to MEAN IT¿ i think it should have done more damage for the caster themself
Why does Harry even return to the Dursley's? It makes no sense... I mean: after he spends basically half of the summer in book 2 and book 4 with the Weasleys, why don't they just take him in and give him a proper wizard youth? They don't have a lot of money surely, but Harry could just pay a little rent orso? I really don't get why he keeps going back to this toxic family of his. Also, I just love reading the parts in The Burrow, so it would just be great reading.
Unpopular opinion: I'm on Molly Weasley's side whenever she tries to protect Harry from the adult world. Yes, when I read this books I was young and thought Molly was annoying. Yes, it all changed when I became a mother. That's one of the things I love about the series, you look at it all differently when you read it at different points in your life.
I might not be a mother so I don't understand in the same way maybe, but I see where she is coming from. I understand her concern and wanting to protect Harry and her kids and I found myself agreeing with her a lot, but in the fifth book when Sirius wanted to tell Harry what was going on, I had to disagree with her then. I think Harry had every right to know what was going on
I disagree on the base that Harry not knowing what was going on was more harmful than protecting his innocence. It made impossible for him to take good, informed decisions (see him running in the Ministry of Magic to "save Sirius").
I see where she's coming from and as far as I remember I always have but the thing is: 1) if she cares about children being children, why is she letting her kids go back to Hogwarts after everything that happened? 2) here I can be wrong, I haven't read the books for years but in all the things I remember her wanting to keep Harry away from - he's already been through worse. there's not much innocence to protect anymore.
no thats not good at all. molly isnt hiding harry from some oppression or wars in a far off country. hes being hunted down by the most powerful dark wizard of all time who has a fucking mind connection with him. he has every right to know and should know about everything going on
@@nightinmare what good would it do to keep her children from hogwarts. its being protected by the strongest wizard of all time, strong charms, and a strong faculty. they cant just skip school they need to learn magic. not only do they need to learn to defend themselves but keeping kids from hogwarts would have only instilled more fear and chaos
Sirius isn’t a perfect father figure, but he’s the return to “the way things are supposed to be” that Harry has been looking for. The important factor has less to do with anything Sirius actually does for Harry and more to do with his status as his godfather. Being with the person his parents deemed worthy of parenting him makes him feel a sense of belonging and home that he’s only ever had at hogwarts
I looked at Sirius as more of that crazy uncle not a stand in Dad. Harry's attachment to him was that Sirius was a link to the thing he wanted most, a good family. The problem was that Harry had no real understanding of what a good family life felt like. Otherwise he would have been more inclined to listen to his stand in parents, The Weasley's.
@@grevari1772 the thing is sirius was willing to go to any length to support harry thats something a father does for their son. the weasley's on the other hand completely abandoned harry because dumbledor told them to.
Ron and Hermione irritating each other is just how they show affection. Neither of them were able to reveal their feelings to one another until the last book. The constant bickering and arguing is just them hiding their feelings and not wanting to confront one another about them. Hermione’s relationship with Victor Krum failed and so did Ron’s relationship with Lavender Brown adds to the fact that they were always going to end up together. I feel as if they matured when they were adults and they argued less. I guess if the fighting stopped there would be nothing else to fight for
Ron and Hermione criticize each other constantly, tear each other down to pieces, have different values and principles, bring out the worst in each other with Ron reducing Hermione to tears and them giving each other the silent treatment more than once. Yet this is excised as secret affection. More like an attempt to excuse toxic relationships where two people are fundamentally incompatible since day 1. If you believe that their fighting would magically stop once they get together than you are really naive.
glowrain I never suggested their fighting would ‘magically stop’ I stated that they would argue less as they matured. I understand there were constraints within their relationship as you’ve said but there is plenty of evidence that they care for one another. I value that you have a strong opinion on the subject and have your own views but I feel I have a right to support ‘Romione’ as I have my own opinion aswell.
Here are some of my unpopular opinions: - CoS is underrated - A lot of the complaints (not all) book readers have about the films are ridiculous - I still don't like James or Sirius for Snape's worst memory - The other houses deserve better - I agreed with most of what Hermione says in the books, and hate how Harry and Ron blatantly dismiss it a lot of times , up to the point where I understand why they made Hermoine more overpowered in the movies - A lot of (not all) were more likeable in the films than their book counterparts - Bashing the films is unbearable to listen to - The Weasley twins and Ron are rude, insensitive gits
My unpopular opinion is that we didn't get enough "normal" quidditch games. "Ooh Harry's broom has been jinxed!" "Ooh the bludger has been jinxed!" "Ooh kids are getting petrified so we've got to cancel quidditch" "Ooh dementors have stormed the pitch!" "Ooh the Triwizard Tournament!" "Ooh Umbridge has banned Harry from playing!" I just wanted to see the sport be played fair and square without all of the annoying interruptions. I get the impression Rowling hated writing quidditch matches because she came up with so many ways to avoid them.
After the first book she was kind of stuck having to write them, but by then she probably realized that she made a terrible game. The snitch giving 150 points and ending the game is a stupid mechanic. If she'd just made the game have a time limit, then the game would make sense. Even saying "the game ends when either the snitch is caught or the time limit runs out" would have made a more sensible game.
Well in book three we did get two normal matches against Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Also the first match in book six was normal, but I agree there should have been more normal matches.
My unpopular opinion is that Peter Pettigrew was not an idiot or bad at magic. I mean he was a terrible person and betrayed his friends but he literally brought Voldemort back to life and tricked the whole wizarding world into thinking he was dead. Crabbe and Goyle are 2 stupid characters for sure, and they never would’ve done that. Just sayin🤷♀️
I sort of agree but remember that he had detailed instructions on how to bring Voldemort back, had a LOT of help from the others marauders in becoming an animagus, and the only reason he managed to fake his death was because he could become a rat, which he had a lot of help with.
@@thebuddercweeperI agree, Peter didn't come off as much of a genius but I don't think he's a total idiot henchman. He was just the weakest link out of the Marauders, he had the least confidence and Voldemort used that because of course he would.
I kind of liked Hermione and Krum tbh...it was so interesting!!! Edit: Sirius was also pretty manipulative, my friends are always shocked when I say I never really liked their father son type of relationship
