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Many of the Harry Potter fans are yet to read the books.
And it is understandable, we have always sort of refrain from reading and have a natural preference for visual learning. As children, learning something by seeing it happen visually instead of reading about it made the absorption process easy so it is something very natural. The same goes for the Potterverse, many Harry Potter fans from around the world are yet to read the original books. They have probably watched the movies 1000 times, have memorized every detail and dialogue, and would claim that they know everything about the Harry Potter world. But unfortunately for them, they are missing out on a lot. See, when you are converting contents of books into a movie, it gets really hard to decide what to omit and what to put in because when you talk about movies, there is an obvious time constraint that the moviemakers have to abide by. And when you speak of the Harry Potter movies, a lot has been cut that is part of the original books. No, the story does not get distorted but by not reading the books you are missing out on so many tiny details and facts that just make the story more complete and perfect. You have countless hours to read the book but only 2 to 3 hours to fit all the contents of that book into a movie, so yeah unfortunate for the movie world but the good thing is, the books still exist and you can always read them.
Today we are going to, sort of, through a fishing rod at you guys by teasing you with some of the facts that were missed out in the movies but are part of the Harry Potter books. Something enough to make you guys read the books and trust me you will not regret that decision.
Let’s enjoy some Harry Potter facts that you missed out on if you have only watched the movies.
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1. When Professor Trelawney made the prophecy, Neville Longbottom was also referred to as the person who could defeat Lord Voldemort. It was purely Voldemort’s decision to choose Harry Potter over Neville.
2. House Elves were also part of the many ally groups who fought against Death Eaters in the infamous Battle of Hogwarts.
3. Just before Severus Snape cast the killing curse, Avada KKedavra on Professor Dumbledore, Dumbledore actually cast a spell on Harry that immobilized him and also covered him with the invisibility cloak so he wouldn’t interrupt in the act and no one would notice him there. Harry felt helpless and could do nothing to save his idol.
4. In many of the Snape’s worst memories shown in the movies, the one never shown was his worst and it was how he called Lilly Potter a ‘mudblood’ in anger. Something neither Lilly nor Snape himself could forgive him for.
5. In the last Harry Potter movie, Harry can be seen breaking the Elder Wand in half and throwing it away, never to be seen again. But in the final book, Harry actually takes the wand to Dumbledore’s tomb and returns it to him.
6. In the movies, the relationship between Harry and Dudley was shown to be very negative, it was but there is an instance in the books where after Harry saved Dudley from a dementor, Dudley actually thanks him and shakes his hand paying gratitude for all he had done for the family.
7. In the books we get to know that Hermione Granger, being the advocate for justice all around, founded the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare or S.P.E.W to establish equal rights for the house elves.
8. The famous Daily Prophet journalist that annoyed us all, Rita Skeeter was actually an unregistered animagus. According to the books, she had the ability to turn into a beetle and squeeze into tiny spots to gather information for reporting purposes. A proper spy.
9. When Harry and Hermione go to visit Harry’s parents’ house in the Godric’s Hollow, he saw a sign that reminded everyone of how the Potter family got destroyed. That sign was actually spray-painted over by supportive words for Harry. Something he loved.
I am sure all those who haven’t read the books must be really curious to know more facts and details. Well, the only way to enjoy this free lottery is to read the books and I am willing to bet everything on the fact that you will absolutely love the experience. Even more than the movies.
Scroll down below to enjoy some more Harry Potter details that were cut out of the movies.
10. When Lilly got a letter of acceptance from Hogwarts, it is mentioned in the books that Petunia then wrote a letter to Albus Dumbledore requesting to study at Hogwarts as well. She met a rejection which made her mad.
11. In the books, Ron and Hermione were actually appointed prefects of the Gryffindor house by the Head of House and Headmaster. An honor. that was cut from the movies.
12. Peeves was a very important character who was mentioned in all the books. Unfortunately, the poltergeist was never shown in the movies. An actor was casted in the first movie to play Peeves and they filmed the scenes as well but they were all deleted from the final cut.
13. In the movies, no one told Harry Potter that his father spent 3 years learning to be an animagus and perfected being a Stag.
14. In the books, during the Battle of Hogwarts Professor McGonagall enchanted study desks to fight against the Death Eaters and Professor Trelawney threw crystal balls on them. An amazing detail cut out of the movies.
15. Amycus Carrow was a Death Eater who spat on Professor McGonagall. Harry was nearby watching from under his cloak of invisibility. He ended up dropping the cloak and cast Crucio at Carrow as he couldn’t stand what he had just seen. A detail only mentioned in the books.
16. A very interesting detail from the book, The Ministry of Magic cannot detect the use of magic in places that are very populated with wizards. It gets hard to navigate the exact source.
17. In the books, Dumbledore told Harry about all Voldemort’s horcruxes. The 7th wasn’t mentioned because Dumbledore felt the time is not right to let him know, Harry is the horcrux.
18. The reason why Lord Voldemort was unable to express the emotion of love was that he was born from a union, a loveless union. So he was never a lovechild.
19. Edward Lupin, who was the son of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks son was actually raised by his grandmother Andromeda Tonks after they died in the Battle of Hogwarts. Harry later took him as is godson and Edward would often visit Harry Potter at his house, enhancing their relationship.
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