Harry may have lost both his parents and thus his entire hope at finding a family that actually loved him on October 31st 1981, but on October 31st 1991 he found a new family as he saved one Hermione granger from a troll with Ron Weasley, and I think that is everything to me.
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24 years ago today. 24 years ago today, a boy named Harry Potter boarded the Hogwarts Express. 24 years ago today, Ron Weasley asked if he could sit in Harry’s compartment. 24 years ago today, Hermione Granger asked they if they saw Neville’s toad. 24 years ago today, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were sorted into Gryffindor. 24 years ago today, the golden trio met.
GUYS
Harry Potter was born in 1980. His 7th year was in 1997 (conveniently the year JK Rowling started writing the series). 19 years after 1997 is 2016. The year when Albus Severus Potter first goes to Hogwarts.
Albus has an older brother - James. Who goes to Hogwarts for the first time 1 year before him.
Harry Potter’s first child is going to Hogwarts this September, pass it on
Joys that Harry Potter Movie Only Fans will never know:
-How amazing Oliver Wood actually is OMG
-Dudley Dursley’s character development
-“ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?!”
-Minerva McGonagall, Quidditch Fanatic
-Luna Lovegood, Quidditch Commentator
-RON WEASLEY IS BRAVE.
-GINNY WEASLEY IS AMAZING
-Sirius and Crookshanks: Ultimate Bromance
-“Ooh, you look much tastier than Crabbe and Goyle, Harry!”
-KREACHER’S CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
-“I FELL IN THE LAKE!”
-Dean Thomas/Luna Lovegood Platonicship OMG
-Remus showing off Baby Photos
-Percy coming to his senses and finally making a joke
-“‘Probably trying to get rid of a Wrackspurt,’ said Harry, who recognized the symptoms.”
-Pigwidgeon
-Amnesiac Gilderoy Lockhart
-Dobby’s ever growing mismatched sock collection
-“FOR MASTER REGELUS!”
-Most of Tonks’s actual character
-Bill and Fleur’s actual relationship
-“ARE YOU A WIZARD OR NOT?!”
-Potterwatch
-Hermione’s growing political awareness and activism
-The entire school (-slytherins) standing to defend Harry from Pansy Parkinson
-100+ pages of backstory, 10x the character depth and development
Pains that Harry Potter Movie Only Fans will never know:
-“He was tiny in death”
-Molly Weasley’s boggart
-Meeting Neville’s parents
-Re-reading Prisoner of Azkaban and realizing that the nice man who helped Harry with his homework and gave him free sundaes dies in the sixth book.
-“He had no memory of being hugged like this, as though by a mother”
-Remus feeling so ashamed of being a werewolf that he thinks his family is better off without him
-Regulus Black’s full story
-Harry having to drag Percy away from Fred’s body
-Molly Weasley giving Harry a family heirloom for his 17th birthday
-Dean Thomas never knew his father, because he was a wizard and was killed by Death Eaters
-Peter Pettigrew didn’t even have the chance to redeem himself
-Frank Bryce was a war veteran who was blamed by his entire town for Voldemort’s crimes, and then Voldemort murdered him
-Harry not saying goodbye to Ron, Hermione, or Ginny, because he knows he won’t be strong enough to go through with it if he does
-“ ‘Does it hurt?’
The childish question had fallen from Harry’s lips before he could stop it.
‘Dying? Not at all,’ said Sirius. ‘Quicker and easier than falling asleep.’ ”
-The full story of Ariana and the Dumbledore family
-Winky’s entire existence, and all she suffers
-Andromeda Tonks losing her entire family
-“’NO!’
The scream was the more terrible because he had never expected or dreamed that Professor McGonagall could make such a sound.”
-100+ pages of backstory, 10x the character depth and development, over half of it leading to more pain and despair
harry potter fans in 2011: omg!! pottermore!! i’m so excited!!
harry potter fans in 2018: please, joanne, i beg you, potter less