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@magicaltimelady44 - yes, yes, yes to all of this. Completely agree.

Even if the Sorcerer’s Stone really needed to be in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for some reason (though I also believe that it really shouldn’t have been put in a school full of children), then why would Albus Dumbledore say something about it?

Okay, so he didn’t outright say the stone was hidden in Hogwarts. However, during the opening feast, he basically hinted at such when he talked about how the third floor corridor was forbidden on pain of death.

I mean, why would he say something like that to a bunch of kids? Children are naturally curious, so words like this could tempt them to check out the third floor corridor.

This is especially so for those prone to being troublemakers such as Fred and George Weasley. I mean, what if he never said anything? What if he just kept quiet about it?

Sure, it’s possible that students wandering around might stumble across the corridor should they happen to get lost or whilst exploring, but that’s another thing.

If the corridor was forbidden, then why didn’t it have more wards to prevent students from actually going there?

How come it was so easy to open the entrance to where Fluffy, the three-headed Cerberus, was that even three first year students were able to do it?

For someone like Albus Dumbledore who’s supposed to be old and wise, shouldn’t he know way more magic and spells and the like that could protect the Sorcerer’s Stone?

And, even if he doesn’t, then what about the Flamels who have lived for hundreds of years?

Then there’s also the fact that the traps that were supposed to protect the Philosopher’s Stone were so easy to get past that even first year students could do it.

If the goal was really to keep the stone safe, then why not make all the traps harder to get past?

Make the traps deadly, or at least ensure that the would-be thief would be completely incapacitated until Dumbledore and his backup could arrive to apprehend said thief.

Take the potions trap for example - why does the potion to get past the ring of fire have to be right there? Why was there even a riddle to potentially help the thief solve the puzzle? Why give the thief clues that could help them get past the trap?

If there really needs to be a clue or puzzle there, why not make it misleading? Have a puzzle that leads to the wrong bottle.

Alternatively or in addition to that, why not have all the potions be filled with poison or potions that could incapacitate the thief, like render them unconscious, until Dumbledore shows up to deal with them?

So, yeah, I completely agree that the Philosopher’s Stone never should have been put in Hogwarts in the first place. It shouldn’t have been in Gringotts either.

As you pointed out, the Flamels could have been the one to keep it somewhere safe.

But if they really wanted Dumbledore to be the one to hold on to it, then how come Dumbledore didn’t just keep it on his person the whole time?

Why put it in a school full of children? Why not use the Fidelius Charm to hide it instead of relying on traps that couldn’t even stop first year students?

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Poll Results For What Albus Dumbledore Should Have Done To Protect The Sorcerer's Stone?

I added a poll to this post I wrote about “What Albus Dumbledore Should Have Done to Protect the Sorcerer’s Stone?” The article used to be published on HubPages (it was first posted on on 10/01/2014), but I decided to move it to my Potter Plotholes Tumblr blog instead.

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Yeah, it was grossly negligent of Albus Dumbledore to just leave baby Harry Potter on the doorstep of the Dursleys’ house.

One of the things that doesn’t make sense is why he couldn’t spare the time to knock on the door and personally give the Boy-Who-Lived to either Petunia or Vernon to ensure the child’s safety.

He was already right there in front of the house. Why bother with a letter instead of speaking to them in person? What if the Dursleys have questions or something?

Plus, since he was apparently supposed to be worried about Harry being attacked and hurt by the Death Eaters, shouldn’t this be reason enough for him to make sure that Potter was safely inside the Dursleys’ house?

Minerva McGonagall could and should have said something. After all, she already expressed doubt about leaving Harry with the Dursleys.

At the very least, maybe she could have offered to be the one to talk to the Dursleys. She also could have checked up on Harry Potter every once in a while or something.

Yeah, I agree that having Mrs. Figg there didn’t really help. Also, wouldn’t it have been better to have a witch or wizard be the one to watch over Harry instead of a squib?

In case there’s an emergency, someone with magic could help right away. If it was just Mrs. Figg, what would she have done? By the time she managed to call for help, it might be too late for Potter.

If Dumbledore was worried about the witch or wizard being unable to fit in with the Muggles, then couldn’t he just get a Muggleborn to be the one to watch over Harry?

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Why Did Albus Dumbledore Leave Baby Harry Potter?

The full title of this post is “Why did Albus Dumbledore leave baby Harry Potter on the doorstep of the Dursleys’ house?”

In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, book 1 of the HP series by J.K. Rowling, we found out that Headmaster Dumbledore decided to leave baby Harry on the doorstep of his relatives’ house after his parents, James Potter and Lily Evans, died.

Dumbledore explained that he decided to leave Harry with Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley Dursley because of the blood wards.

IMHO, I think he could have gone with some other way to keep Potter safe. I talk more about this here and here.

The question though is how come Albus Dumbledore couldn’t even be bothered to tell the Dursleys himself that he wanted Harry to live with them now?

He was already right there in front of their house. How come he couldn’t even knock and spare a few minutes to explain the situation to them?

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Yeah, I think Petunia Dursley wouldn’t have taken in Harry if she had a choice, which is why I think it could be possible that she was basically forced to let Potter live with them.

Because if that’s not the case, then how come Petunia didn’t just give the Boy-Who-Lived up for adoption or something? Why not just send him to an orphanage or something?

Another thing I don’t get is why Headmaster Dumbledore couldn’t personally hand over baby Harry to Petunia. I mean, he was already right there in front of 4 Privet Drive.

So what stopped him from knocking and explaining the situation to the Dursleys instead of just dumping Harry Potter on the doorstep of the house?

What, he couldn’t spare a few minutes even just to make sure Harry was safely inside the house instead of just leaving him there outside?

He’s lucky that nothing bad happened to Potter while he was out there on his own.

Yeah, I also think the blood wards couldn’t possibly be the only way to protect Harry from the Dark Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters.

For instance, what about using the Fidelius Charm with Albus Dumbledore as the Secret Keeper?

The only reason the Fidelius Charm failed for James Potter and Lily Evans was because they ended up trusting the wrong person, right?

If Sirius Black had been the Secret Keeper, he never would have revealed the whereabouts of the Potters no matter what.

Also, according to information from Pottermore (https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/secret-keeper):

“The secret cannot be forced, bewitched or tortured out of a Secret Keeper who does not wish to give up their secret; it must be given voluntarily.”

So with Albus Dumbledore as the Secret Keeper, Harry could have been sent to live with a family who would actually take care of him and love him.

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Why Did Albus Dumbledore Leave Baby Harry Potter?

The full title of this post is “Why did Albus Dumbledore leave baby Harry Potter on the doorstep of the Dursleys’ house?”

Dumbledore explained that he decided to leave Harry with Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley Dursley because of the blood wards.

IMHO, I think he could have gone with some other way to keep Potter safe. I talk more about this here and here.

The question though is how come Albus Dumbledore couldn’t even be bothered to tell the Dursleys himself that he wanted Harry to live with them now?

He was already right there in front of their house. How come he couldn’t even knock and spare a few minutes to explain the situation to them?

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Do you think Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone or Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, book 1 of the HP series by J.K. Rowling, has a very boring beginning?

For me, I thought the scenes with the Dursleys in the first few chapters weren’t really all that interesting.

The pace also seemed quiet slow since it took a bit of time before things really started happening (such as Harry going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and learning a variety of spells).

But things started to get more interesting and fun especially when we got to Hogwarts and got to see more of the magical and fantasy aspects of the story.

So what about you? What do you think about this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by reblogging this post or by leaving a comment below.

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Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone Has A Very Boring Beginning?

This post is also known as “Thoughts on a popular book series with a boring beginning”.

Yup, I think that a certain (considering the title, the huge pic and the fact that it’s being posted here, you already know what I mean, ne?) popular, famous and well-known series has a boring beginning. So, what’s up with that then? Why is it boring? Is it really boring?

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Reply to Comment on Why Lily Evans Should not Have Chosen Either James Potter or Severus Snape

As mentioned in this post, I’ve been on a long hiatus for quite a while. I’ve only just recently gotten back to trying to post regularly on this blog and all my other blogs.

Since I’ve been away for a while, I also ended up neglecting to check on the notes and comments my posts have gotten.

Now, I’m trying to go through the backlog of notes and comments, so I can reply to the ones that could use a response.

The following is my response to this comment from this post:

Tasha9313

Hey, I'm sorry but you keep saying James continued to bully Snape after he got with Lily. But Remus said he only hexed Snape because Snape never lost an opportunity to curse him either. So it was mutual by then. There's no evidence that Remus lied.

And the author JK Rowling herself said the following quotes: 1.) It was only after James toned down some of his more "bombastic" behavior that he managed to win over Lily.

2.) "I think there was a lot of good in James," Rowling said. "I think that Lily would have been great for James because she wouldn't have put up with any of his rubbish. So I think he would have become a lot less spoiled."

3.) "I know much more about James than appears in the book," Rowling said. "I think James was a bit spoiled by his parents. He's an only child. He was really adored. He was talented. He was reasonably good looking, not as good looking as Sirius but still not bad."

Sirius and Remus said he deflated his head and stopped hexing people for fun except Snape whom also never lost an opportunity to curse him. Why should we assume the worse though. Why not see the best him? Or give him the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps James is an ambiguous character that we'll never really know.

He only said "Don't make me hex you Evans" after Lily pulled out her wand on him. It was basically a if you hex me, I'll hex you back. He was a jerk in that scene, and the way he asked Lily out was deplorable. But he did take her no for an answer. When she said no, he didn't continue pressing on. He actually listened to her and let Snape down (until Snape used Mudblood on her). He did seem genuinely hurt by her words against him even if he tried to hide it (What's her problem?" he asked as if it was a question of no importance).

I'm not saying he changed into a saint. He was still a flawed person. But isn't it possible that he did improve to an extent? Changing is a gradual process isn't it? He was said to stop hexing others for fun, and there's no reason to believe he hexed others for any reason other then self-defense. Even in the case of Snape, it was said to be a mutual hexing/cursing war. Plus, Remus said Snape cursed while James hexed. Curses are more dangerous than hexes.

Whatever James' faults were, he did love Lily. Otherwise, he would have gotten bored with her and having to put on a "face" (that people accuse him of) and dumped her after a few months. He chose to make the ultimate commitment with her. There's no other reason for him to marry her. He also died for her and Harry.

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Does James Potter have Something to Hide from Lily Evans?

Sirius Black and Remus Lupin said that James Potter continued bullying Severus Snape behind Lily Evans’ back.

If it’s true that James was just defending himself from Snape, then why would he bother hiding this from Lily?

Why wouldn’t he want to tell her? This makes it seem as if he has something to hide.

Could it be that he’s not entirely innocent, or that there were times when he’d been the one who started the fight, and that’s why he doesn’t want Lily to know about this?

After all, if James was just defending himself, then Lily Evans would understand that, right? She wouldn’t get mad at him for defending himself, would she?

Also, isn’t this a good way for James to show or prove to Lily that he really had changed?

Why Lily Doesn’t Like James?

It wasn’t just James’ "bombastic behavior" that Lily didn’t like. She also hated that he was an "arrogant, bullying toerag".

She didn’t like Potter’s attitude of "showing off with that stupid Snitch" and "walking down corridors and hexing anyone who annoys [him] just because [he] can".

No to Objectifying People

Also, for me, IMHO, I’m not all that fond of the praise "win over" because this makes it sound like Evans was nothing more than a prize to be won.

I don’t like the way she’s being objectified here, as if she’s not even an actual person, or as if she was nothing more than a trophy for Potter and Snape to fight over.

It’s like she’s nothing more than a reward, a prize that James will get if he’s good.

I feel that this takes away Lily’s autonomy and agency. It’s as if she can’t choose for herself, as if she can’t make decisions, as if only James’ opinion matters.

Actually, we’ve seen a bit of this in the Snape’s Worst Memory scene where James refused to listen to Evans who kept telling him to let her best friend go.

Instead of listening to Lily, he tried to blackmail her into going out with him ("Go out with me and I’ll never lay a wand on old Snivelly again").

Reason Why James Potter Bullies Severus Snape

He even tried to make excuses (if it could even be called that) as to why he was doing what he was doing.

When Lily asked him why he was bullying Severus Snape ("What’s he done to you?"), James could have said any number of things.

He could have lied to make himself look better, like saying 'I’m just defending myself; he started it'.

Or he could have said, 'he’s a Slytherin; he’s a budding or future Death Eater; he’s practicing the Dark Arts, etc'.

But, no. Of all the things that Potter could have said, he chose to say that he was bullying Snape simply because he exists.

Are these the words of someone who’s supposed to be one of the good guys? He hurts Snape just because he exists? This is despicable behavior.

James Potter = Both Good and Bad?

Yes, I agree that there was some good in James. He did do a lot of good things for his friends and family. He did die for his wife and son.

He fought against Voldemort. He fought for the rights of Muggleborns and Muggles. But that doesn’t erase the bad things he did.

The point is that he wasn’t a wholly good person. He wasn’t perfect. He had bad traits too. He wasn’t some saint. While he did good things, he did bad things too. So, it’s not all black and white.

Are Lily and James Good for Each Other?

"I think that Lily would have been great for James."

Again, this is just IMHO, but it’s lines like this that really seem to objectify Lily and treat her as nothing more than a prize to be won.

So, she might have been good for James, but what about James? Would he have been good for her?

"she wouldn't have put up with any of his rubbish"

Now, I wonder if this is the reason why James kept things from Lily.

Maybe he didn’t tell her he was still fighting with Snape because she wouldn’t have put up with that, and she might have broken up with him if she found out he was still bullying people behind her back.

Did James Potter Really Change?

"he would have become a lot less spoiled"

I really wish we had been able to see more of this in the books.

Even just one example to show that James had changed and stopped being so arrogant and full of himself would have done a lot of good in order to prove that James had matured and grown up.

I also wish we could have seen what really caused James to change. What got him to stop hurting and bullying people?

What caused him to mature? What was the catalyst that brought about this change? Was it really just because of Lily?

Except it doesn’t really seem that way, at least not entirely, since even when Lily told him to stop during the Snape’s Worst Memory scene, he didn’t listen to her.

Even though Lily clearly disapproved of his actions back then, and even though she’d made it clear that she found his attitude repulsive ("You make me SICK"), he didn’t stop or listen to her.

It also couldn’t have been the werewolf prank scene because this happened before the Snape’s Worst memory scene. If nearly getting Snape killed didn’t cause him to change and stop bullying Severus, then what did?

Why James Potter only Deflated his Head a Bit?

"Sirius and Remus said he deflated his head"

Yeah, they did say that. They also added the words "a bit" to that statement. They specifically said that he only deflated his head a bit.

But why did they bother adding those words? Were they just being brutally honest with Harry? Was it to say that James hadn’t fully or truly changed?

Did he only deflate his head a bit, just enough for Lily to think he had changed even though he really only just learned to hide his more unpalatable behavior from her?

For me, it’s hard to see that James had changed because the way he was presented, portrayed, or shown in the books was that of a bully.

The Snape’s Worst Memory Scene in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

In the Snape’s Worst Memory scene in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, book 5 of the HP series by J.K. Rowling, James acted more like a villain or antagonist rather than the hero or good guy he was supposed to be.

This is all the more so because Snape was just minding his own business when he was suddenly attacked. The Marauders didn’t even have a good reason to hurt Severus.

They only bullied him because Sirius said he was bored. Needless to say, the behavior of the Marauders was appalling and deplorable in this scene.

This goes double for James and Sirius since they were the ones actively hurting Snape. But even Lupin and Pettigrew aren’t without blame.

Wasn’t Lupin a prefect in this scene? Instead of just standing there watching, he should have tried to stop his friends. And as for Peter Pettigrew, he seemed to enjoy watching his friends bully a fellow student.

Show, Don’t Tell

Also, one thing that makes it hard to believe that he changed was the fact that we, the readers, didn’t really get to see this happening.

Instead of being shown how James transformed from an arrogant bully who’s way too full of himself to a mature person who no longer starts fights just because he can, we’re just told that this happened.

It really is too bad that we didn’t get to see this happening. It would have been more believable if we’d been shown how he changed instead of just being told.

Abusive Relationship?

The "don’t make me hex you, Evans" bit actually reminded me of abusive relationships where the abuser says "don’t make me hurt you", as if it was the fault of the one being abused as to why they’re being hurt or beaten by someone who supposedly loves and cares about them.

"He was a jerk in that scene, and the way he asked Lily out was deplorable."

Yes, I agree with this.

Did James Potter Listen to Lily Evans?

"But he did take her no for an answer. When she said no, he didn't continue pressing on. He actually listened to her and let Snape down (until Snape used Mudblood on her)"

Sorry, but, no, he didn’t listen to her. Check out this extract from the Snape’s Worst Memory scene from Pottermore (https://www.pottermore.com/book-extract-long/look-who-it-is) for a quick reference.

Basically, Sirius says he’s bored, so when James spots Snape, he immediately pounces on him. The 2 have their fun, and a crowd gathers to watch the Slytherin being bullied.

Lily shows up to put a stop to the bullying. She tells James to let Snape go ("Leave him alone"). She actually says "leave him alone" four times. But James doesn’t listen.

Instead, he tries to get Lily to go out with him. He basically tries to blackmail her by saying he’d stop bullying her best friend if she went on a date with him.

So what does that say about Potter? What this seems to show or portray is that he doesn’t seem to respect Evans at all.

It’s like he doesn’t care about her feelings and what she wants. All that matters is what he wants, as if her thoughts on the situation don’t matter at all.

Four or Two Against One

"Even in the case of Snape, it was said to be a mutual hexing/cursing war."

This is pretty hard to believe in light of what we saw in the Snape’s Worst Memory scene. Because it’s not just James versus Snape.

It’s actually the Marauders versus Severus. Even if we say that it was mostly just James and Sirius Black against Snape, that’s still 2 against 1.

Snape was alone. A lot of the students were watching the spectacle, but no one, except for Lily, showed up to help him. Not even the Slytherins showed up to aid Severus.

We’ve seen how Severus was no match for James and Sirius when he was alone and had no one to help him.

Even Lily wasn’t really effective in stopping James since, even though Potter supposedly likes her, he apparently can’t be bothered to listen to her when she tells him to stop bullying her best friend.

Your Thoughts and Opinions

What does everyone else think about this? Feel free and welcome to chime in and join the discussion by reblogging this post or by leaving a comment below or on the “Why Lily Evans Should not Have Chosen Either James Potter or Severus Snape” post.

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second pic is by KarlaFrazetty (CC:BY-ND) via deviantArt

fourth pic is by MachoMachi (CC:BY-ND) via deviantArt

ninth pic is by MachoMachi (CC:BY-ND) via deviantArt

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the quotes in italics are from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

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Do you think Voldemort should have come up with a different plan to kidnap the Boy-Who-Lived in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, book 4 of the HP series by J.K. Rowling?

What do you think about this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by reblogging this post or by leaving a comment below.

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Problems With Voldemort’s Plan In Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

The Dark Lord Voldemort is supposed to be smart, right? Or is he actually supposed to be stupid?

Is that why he came up with such a convoluted, crazy plan to kidnap Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, book 4 of the HP series by J.K. Rowling?

You know, if Voldemort actually used his brains, then he would have succeeded in capturing Harry and maybe he would have succeeded in killing him as well. What should he have done instead?

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Do you think that Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore shouldn’t have told Rubeus Hagrid anything about the Sorcerer’s Stone and Nicholas Flamel?

Don’t you think it seems awfully convenient that Dumbledore had asked Hagrid to get both Harry and the Sorcerer’s Stone?

It sounds rather contrived, as if this only happened just so Harry could find out about the stone.

I mean, what if someone else had been tasked to fetch the stone? It’s not like Dumbledore can’t ask other people to help him.

Not only does he know a lot of people, there are also plenty who are loyal to him and would gladly aid him.

What if it wasn’t Hagrid who’d gotten the Philosopher’s Stone? Would Harry still be able to find out about it?

What do you think about this? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by reblogging this post or by leaving a comment below.

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Reasons Why Albus Dumbledore Should Not Have Told Hagrid Anything About The Sorcerer’s Stone

That includes reasons why Albus Dumbledore shouldn’t have entrusted the Sorcerer’s Stone to Rubeus Hagrid.

Hagrid’s a nice person but he’s not the right character for what Dumbledore made him do. Why not?

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I just posted the results of the “Is Hermione Granger the only intelligent/smart student in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?” poll in this post.

For reasons that I’ll talk about in another post on another one of my blogs, I’ve decided to delete the Opinion Stage poll from this post (How Come No One Else Knows About Remus Lupin Being a Werewolf) and replace it with one from SurveyMonkey instead.

This is the new poll:

Your Thoughts and Opinions

So, what about you? What do you think about all this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by answering the poll, liking and/or reblogging this post, replying to this post, or by leaving a comment below.

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How Come No One Else Knows About Remus Lupin Being A Werewolf?

Or, is Hermione Granger the only intelligent/smart student in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?

What about the other students there especially those from Ravenclaw house? Surely, there’s at least one or some more children who are as smart and intelligent as Hermione?

As such, was there really no other student aside from Hermione Granger that was able to discover the fact that Remus Lupin, their Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, book 3 of the HP series by J.K. Rowling, was really actually a werewolf?

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Results of the Hermione Granger Smart Student Poll

In the post entitled “How Come No One Else Knows About Remus Lupin Being a Werewolf?”, I added an Opinion Stage poll.

For reasons that I’ll talk about in another post on another one of my blogs, I’ve decided to delete the Opinion Stage poll and replace it with one from SurveyMonkey instead.

The poll in question was created on 19 July 2015.

On my dashboard on the Opinion Stage site, the statistics page for this poll looks like this:

New Poll

This is the new “Is Hermione Granger the only intelligent/smart student in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?” poll from SurveyMonkey:

Your Thoughts and Opinions

What about you? What does everyone else think about all of this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by liking and/or reblogging this post, replying to this post, leaving a comment below, or by answering the poll.

I’ve also written more about Hermione Granger in the following posts:

Why Did Hermione Granger Lie About The Troll?

Why Hermione Granger Is Always With The Weasley Family?

Why Hermione Granger Decided To Brew Polyjuice Potion In Myrtle’s Bathroom?

Was Hermione Granger Out Of Character In Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets?

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Why and How Remus Lupin Forgot to Drink the Wolfsbane Potion?

Agree with @mysnarkyslytherinsecret. I also find it hard to believe that Remus Lupin forgot to drink the Wolfsbane potion. I even wrote about it here and here.

I mean, how long has Lupin been a werewolf? For someone who’s been a werewolf for practically his whole life, shouldn’t he know all about when the full moon would be?

Being a werewolf doesn’t really sound like something that one would easily forget, especially for someone like Remus Lupin who was so troubled by his condition.

So it doesn’t seem believable that he would forget to drink the potion.

Really, doesn’t it seem awfully convenient that he forget, as if this only happened because the plot said so?

I think Lupin was being irresponsible for forgetting to drink his potion. As a teacher, one of his priorities should have been ensuring the safety of his students.

Why the Hogwarts Students Told Their Parents About Lupin?

Also, very good point on how if the students really liked Lupin, then they wouldn’t have told their parents about him being a werewolf.

This makes me wonder about several things:

Maybe only a few students, other than Harry Potter, believed that Remus was the best Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher they ever had

For those in Harry’s year, it would be easy for them to think so since they only have Gilderoy Lockhart and Quirinus Quirrell to compare Lupin to.

But the older students would have had other DADA professors. It’s possible that those other teachers were better than Remus.

Maybe there were a lot of students who were prejudiced against werewolves

But, surely, not all of the students were like that.

Is it possible that most of the prejudiced students were those who have influential parents while the non-prejudiced ones had parents who couldn’t really speak up and get a werewolf to teach DADA?

Albus Dumbledore was very influential and had a lot of people who believed in him

So, if Dumbledore thought or believed that Remus was a pretty good teacher, couldn’t he have spoken up for him?

Couldn’t he have told those who were inclined to follow him that he trusted Lupin?

Or could it be that Albus was disappointed with Remus because of how he forgot to drink his potion and endangered the Hogwarts students?

And could this be why the headmaster let the werewolf go instead of trying to keep him as a Hogwarts professor?

Your Thoughts and Opinions

What does everyone else think about all of this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by liking and/or reblogging this post, replying to this post, or by leaving a comment below.

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mysnarkyslytherinsecret

Technically, he didn’t get Remus fired. He simply allowed people to learn that Remus was a werewolf (which is actually true). If the students liked Lupin so bloody much, they wouldn’t have told their parents or seemed to think that there was a problem with their favorite professor’s furry little problem.

And, to be fair, Remus nearly killed the Golden Trio because he somehow forgot that it was a full moon and didn’t take the Wolfsbane potion (both of which I find hard to believe, but if he was indeed that irresponsible, he deserved to be fired).

Even though Snape didn’t like Harry and Co, he didn’t want them MURDERED BY A WEREWOLF (probably bringing back memories of having nearly been murdered by the same exact werewolf as a teenager himself).

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Potter Family Fanart

Featuring James Potter, Lily Evans, and baby Harry Potter.

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One Last night together. - - - - -

On 30 October 1981 the Potters were still a Family.

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Thanks for this timeline, which clearly shows that the Snape’s Worst Memory scene happened after the werewolf prank scene.

Sometimes, I get people who say that events happened the other way around such as in this post.

I think it would have been nice if the prank scene happened after Snape’s Worst Memory.

James having to save Severus Snape from Remus Lupin in werewolf form could have been the catalyst that caused him to change and mature into a better person.

This could have been a great way to show that James Potter did change. So it’s unfortunate that things didn’t happen like that at all.

The fact that even after Snape nearly died or got bitten by a werewolf didn’t cause James to think about his actions and stop bullying Severus is one reason why it can be hard to believe that he changed and matured.

Your Thoughts and Opinions

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Marauder Timeline

Snape’s Worst Memory happened after Sirius’ werewolf prank.

I’ve seen countless posts talking about how the werewolf prank was the climax of the big war between Snape and the Marauders.

It sort of makes sense - you can see the progression of James maturing from attacking Snape at the lake to saving him by the Whomping Willow. There’s a beautiful idea in James not realising just how serious his behaviour had been over the years, and then when Sirius takes things a step too far, James realises and not only saves Snape, but calms things down moving forward.

Only, sadly, the timeline is the other way around.

The distressing, inconvenient truth is that after Sirius recklessly sent Snape down to a transforming werewolf, putting his life into danger (and it must’ve been in danger to invoke a life debt), James thought it was absolutely fine to bully Snape at the lake because he exists.

Here’s how it fits together:

Lily reassures Snape that they’re still friends - best friends.

“…thought we were supposed to be friends?” Snape was saying, “Best friends?”

“We are, Sev…”

Moments later, Lily challenges Snape about the events on the night of the werewolf prank:

She dropped her voice. “And you’re being really ungrateful. I heard what happened the other night. You went sneaking down that tunnel by the Whomping Willow, and James Potter saved you from whatever’s down there –”

Snape’s whole face contorted and he spluttered, “Saved? Saved? You think he was playing the hero? He was saving his neck and his friends’ too!”

Despite their disagreement, they finish their discussion as friends:

Harry doubted that Snape had even heard her strictures on Mulciber and Avery. The moment she had insulted James Potter, his whole body had relaxed, and as they walked away there was a new spring in Snape’s step…

Later, Snape’s Worst Memory happens:

And the scene dissolved…Harry watched again as Snape left the Great Hall after sitting his O.W.L. in Defense Against the Dark Arts, watched as he wandered away from the castle and strayed inadvertently close to the place beneath the beech tree where James, Sirius, Lupin, and Pettigrew sat together.

But Harry kept his distance this time, because he knew what happened after James had hoisted Severus into the air and taunted him; he knew what had been done and said, and it gave him no pleasure to hear it again… He watched as Lily joined the group and went to Snape’s defense. Distantly he heard Snape shout at her in his humiliation and his fury, the unforgivable word: “Mudblood.”

Following which, Lily cuts ties with Snape completely:

“I can’t pretend anymore. You’ve chosen your way, I’ve chosen mine.”

“No – listen, I didn’t mean – ”

“ – to call me Mudblood? But you call everyone of my birth Mudblood, Severus. Why should I be any different?”

He struggled on the verge of speech, but with a contemptuous look she turned and climbed back through the portrait hole…

It is impossible for the timeline to be the other way around, as it would mean Lily and Snape becoming best friends again after he called her a Mudblood.

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Comments for Is Harry Potter the Only 1 Who Got Detention From Professor Umbridge?

The following are comments from the post entitled “Is Harry Potter the Only 1 Who Got Detention From Professor Umbridge?” back when it used to be posted on Daily Two Cents.

Jess Schira

Lots of students received detention from Umbridge. There’s a really short passage in the book about it and it also come up in the movie.

If my memory serves, it’s between where Umbridge gets Dumbledore fired and before the Weasley twins bolt from Hogwarts.

Freya Yuki (reply to Jess)

Thanks. I might have forgotten that part. But if many other students got detention from Professor Umbridge, does that mean that she also used the blood quill on them?

And, if she did use the blood quill on those children, then how come they didn’t say anything about it? Didn’t anyone complain or try to do something about this?

They could have told their parents, teachers, head of house, etc. They could have refused to go to detention.

Surely, there were those who were headstrong and who wouldn’t just take this kind of abuse lying down without fighting back? So, how come no one does anything?

Why were they all passive about this? Why did they just let this happen? Was there really nothing that could be done against Umbridge’s horrible abuse towards these kids?

Shaun Zhang

If I was in Harry Potter’s place and Umbridge forced me to use a Blood Quill, here are the steps that I will take.

First, I will tell the staff members about it, if they couldn’t be bothered to care about what Umbridge had done to me, and tell me to be quiet, and if Dumbledore does not care about this, I will drop out of Hogwarts silently, and attend a school that supports me (maybe the school in another country).

If Voldemort kills the Minister of Magic and takes over the Wizarding Britain, I don’t care, its all Fudge’s problem in the first place.

Your Thoughts and Opinions

What do you think about all of this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by liking and/or reblogging this post, replying to this post, or by leaving a comment below.

Here are some more articles that I’ve written about Dolores Umbridge:

1 Way to Get Umbridge to Teach DADA Class Properly

Why Albus Dumbledore Let Dolores Umbridge Use Blood Quills On Hogwarts Students?

Why The Hogwarts Students Didn’t Complain About Professor Umbridge?

How Come Ron & Hermione Didn’t Tell Anyone What Umbridge Did To Harry Potter?

Note: As mentioned in this post, I’m now trying to finish working on all the articles listed on the drafts page of this blog after a very long hiatus from Tumblr. This particular post is one of those drafts. The post date is listed as Jul 6th, 2017 4:46:55pm.

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