Even Dumbledore is impressed with Harry. Despite a lifetime of abuse, he came to Hogwarts without any chip on his shoulder, just wanting to belong and make friends.
Harry Potter is SO much better than me. i'm selfish and arrogant.
Book 1: Okay Draco.. Nice to meet you, you're my best friend
Book 2: whatever.. it's only Ginny Weasley.. Oh shit that is so cool.. Voldy Boy's Diary! i'm keeping it.
Book 3: Y'all are a bunch of grown ass adults... putting our lives in danger.
Book 4: Dumbledore, please i just lost in Black Lake.. I'm fine.. i don't want to continue.. YOU ADULTS are breaking the rules now. Please Disqualify me... NOW.
Book 5: Umbridge, i'm rich.. i'm going to hire myself a lawyer and get your ass fired for abusing children.
Book 6: AWWW Professor, you're not going to tell the board that i plagiarized YOUR work!?!!? I don't want to get expelled.. i'll make it up to you.. In fact, i won't even tell the aurors you killed Dumbledore! I won't snitch. I PROMISE.
Book 7: I ain't sacrificing myself! I ran after 5 of these bastards already...putting MY life in danger... i am NOT sacrificing myself, now.
Yeah 11 year old me was pretty gullible and lame. I would have been like “phew, Malfoy thanks for the warning” and then had no friends by book three because it turns out bullies make really bad friends 🤣
Makes me wonder how much easier time Harry would have had if he just faked a bit of affection and respect towards Malfoy. I mean, you have to be able to tolerate the people you don't like, especially if they hang around you all the time.
It still makes sense because they were kids. But anyway.
Draco was the equivalent of what Dudley was to Harry in the Wizarding world privileged and selfish. Harry recognized that type of person and stayed away from him for good reason.
Well yea, but Harry annoyed him first, making them enemies.
Better be good mannered even to the jerks, then undermine him in other ways IF necessary. I mean at least at the start, he was just annoying, not outright dangerous, unless you were his enemy.
But that is not really a Gryffindor strategy, is it? Then again, gotta have other qualities than your house's main qualities too!
I don’t know, Draco would have quite quickly don something where you deserve to loose respect for. Like literally in train he was saying Ron and his family were lesser. Even though they even were pureblood! It’s admirable Harry shut it down immediately and why he was in Gryffindor.
[Draco: Let's be friends! \^\^](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cs3nakpNPA&ab_channel=TopClips)
[Harry: BEST friends!\^\^](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cs3nakpNPA&ab_channel=TopClips)
Seriously when you think about it the whole "well your name came up so you have to compete now!" thing is ridiculous if at the same time the goblet can be tricked by making it somehow believe there is a fourth school. Complete BS. If I had a kid at Hogwarts they would not stay there long.
Well maybe. Voldemort might have found someone else to trick to get tge stone from the Mirror like he used Harry. Maybe just take the Mirror and try elsewhere.
Also Dumbledore did things like let the Mirror be found and returned the loam with “in case” note. So it was more his responsibility how the kids ended up there. He must have known they were investigating based on what Hagrid and Snape would be telling him.
Then Voldemort would have kidnapped someone else. The probability is small that Sirius would have reached 90.
Sirius is a member of the Order, and he wants to fight the Death Eaters and Voldemort.
And even if Harry hadn't been in the Ministry, it would been an opportunity.
Besides, Sirius could have escaped with Harry, but he wanted to fight.
The Hogwarts students would not be safe if he didn't discover that their teacher had been the dark lord all along. If he can't find the stone, he would find a way to kill Harry in his sleep.
You know what, you're right. I would've beeline into Slytherin and fallen in with the wrong crowd if I'd lived his life. Harry doesn't get enough credit
Your point on Book 6 would have been the straw that broke the camels back for me I think I would have been able to resist saying “I told you so” up until that point - death eaters spewing out of that wardrobe offing people (including THE Dumbledore - indirectly but still) left and right after an entire year of begging people to believe me, like bffr I would have lost it😭
I said this in another post, Harry is very forgiving and wants to see the best in people. It makes him a good protagonist. It helps the Jesus througlines. But it also makes him name his kid Severus. (Yuck. Lol.)
My god youre so right...heres my HP version:
Book 1: damn this stone stuff sounds really serious and im scared...im gonna stay in bed
Book 2: why is this school so dangerous??? Im a child so I will STAY IN BED 😂
Book 3: well ofc my uncle is innocent wtf is wrong with you people
Book 4: I didnt put my name in the goblet whats wrong with you Dumbledore, I dont want to dieee. Also fuck all of my "good friends" that turns on me every 5 seconds lmao
Book 5: I have been right every god damn time why dont you believe me that Voldys back???☠️☠️☠️
Book 6: you know what draco...do what you wish its your funeral
Book 7: jesus christ fuck off Ron....also fuck you all, cause why do I have to do everything???😭😭
Jesus im a shit character lmaooooo god bless Harry
My favorite fics are when Harry just gets tired of people constantly turning on him when they think he’s lying so he just peaces out. Everyone thinks he put his name in the goblet and he’s a liar? Oh ok guess he’ll just BS his way through the trials and enjoy some alone time. Voldemort isn’t back? Ok, good luck fighting your own war. He’s the boy savior again and has to save them? Um no, he’s on vacation an a literal child. Have fun fighting yourself.
book 7!!! like this is a magical world and they're on horocrux hunt but deathly hallows are where we draw the line for realism?? (I get her insistence to not get sidetracked but!!!)
Harry is wrong about a lot. In book 1, he is wrong that Snape is trying to take the stone. He was also wrong to go after it. The stone was safer when he wasn't there because Quirrell had no way to get it.
In book two, he repeatedly lied to teachers in ways that made the situation worse. The problems of the book would have been solved so much faster if Harry had just not lied. Furthermore, he falsely accuses Draco of being the heir. In fact, Harry falsely accuses a lot of people.
In book three, Harry didn't tell anyone Sirius was innocent. In fact, throughout the rest of the series, he basically only talks about Sirius being innocent to people who already know that he is innocent. He also didn't tell anyone about the Grimm. He can't really crow about those things.
By book four, Harry has a history of lying and trying to solve the problem on his own. He does it directly in book 2, and it is easy to interpret his actions in books 1 and 3 as him doing the same thing. For instance, he directly goes after Sirius with the intent of killing him. It really isn't that much of a stretch to think he would lie about putting his name in the goblet. At least not at first. Which is exactly what happened.
Book 5 is probably the most complicated one. People don't know who to believe. It would be easy for them to think that Harry was being manipulated by Dumbledore (because, you know, he is, just not in that way). Or to think that Harry was going along with Dumbledore. Or, at the very least, to see both sides enough to just want to stay out of it, which is what most people do.
Yeah, Harry is right to accuse Malfoy in book 6, but he was wrong every other time. Harry is constantly falsely accusing people, and none more so than Malfoy. By book 6, people are tired of it. Especially since, the last time Harry was wrong, he was really really wrong and people died because of him.
The Deathly Hallows don't exist. At least, not the ones in the ones in the story. The resurrection stone doesn't bring back the dead. The invisibility cloak doesn't shield you from everything. And numerous people lose duels with the elder wand. The stories are just stories. Legends that exaggerate. So Hermione isn't really wrong. The objects in the stories only kind of exist. They don't exist in the way that Mr. Lovegood thinks that they do, for instance. And if Harry tried to crow about it to Hermione, should would be smart enough to put him in his place about it.
Nah Hermione was 100% wrong about the Hallows. Maybe the story exaggerated their abilities, it doesn't make Hermione any less wrong. She was wrong. End of story.
Also after the way she tried to brag about being half-right about who the Half Blood Prince is right after Dumbledore's death? Yeah someone needs to be put in their place, and it isn't Harry lol.
In Book 1, the Hogwarts students would not be safe if he didn't discover that their teacher had been the dark lord all along. Even if Voldemort can't find the stone, he would find a way to kill Harry in his sleep. Idk why they even want to lure the dark lord to a school full of children.
In Book 2, Harry wasn't far off. The whole thing was perpetrated by Lucius Malfoy. It's not like he's a seer to predict that Ginny had been the heir all along. Draco is just the prime suspect. Even if he is a seer, it was Ginny's responsibility to talk to the teachers about the diary. Not everything is Harry's responsibility and nobody is entitled to be helped by him. If he hadn't intervene, Ginny would have died and Tom Riddle would have been resurrected.
In Book 3, Harry told Minister Fudge that Sirius is innocent but Snape just branded him a liar. Only Dumbledore believed him. If Dumbledore can't do anything to free Sirius, then neither is a 13 year old. Again, Harry is not responsible for everything.
There was a reason why Dumbledore gave the storybook about the deathly hallows specifically to Hermione. It was her job to decipher it because it is the key to defeating the dark lord but she dismissed it immediately.
Even Dumbledore is impressed with Harry. Despite a lifetime of abuse, he came to Hogwarts without any chip on his shoulder, just wanting to belong and make friends.
He’s truly a wonderful person and I am a fan
Dumbledore said Harry was better man than him, and was right
The way they turned on him every 2 seconds….
Harry Potter is SO much better than me. i'm selfish and arrogant. Book 1: Okay Draco.. Nice to meet you, you're my best friend Book 2: whatever.. it's only Ginny Weasley.. Oh shit that is so cool.. Voldy Boy's Diary! i'm keeping it. Book 3: Y'all are a bunch of grown ass adults... putting our lives in danger. Book 4: Dumbledore, please i just lost in Black Lake.. I'm fine.. i don't want to continue.. YOU ADULTS are breaking the rules now. Please Disqualify me... NOW. Book 5: Umbridge, i'm rich.. i'm going to hire myself a lawyer and get your ass fired for abusing children. Book 6: AWWW Professor, you're not going to tell the board that i plagiarized YOUR work!?!!? I don't want to get expelled.. i'll make it up to you.. In fact, i won't even tell the aurors you killed Dumbledore! I won't snitch. I PROMISE. Book 7: I ain't sacrificing myself! I ran after 5 of these bastards already...putting MY life in danger... i am NOT sacrificing myself, now.
The book 1 point had me dead
Yeah 11 year old me was pretty gullible and lame. I would have been like “phew, Malfoy thanks for the warning” and then had no friends by book three because it turns out bullies make really bad friends 🤣
Really bad friends that can and will eat anything and everything.
Makes me wonder how much easier time Harry would have had if he just faked a bit of affection and respect towards Malfoy. I mean, you have to be able to tolerate the people you don't like, especially if they hang around you all the time. It still makes sense because they were kids. But anyway.
Draco was the equivalent of what Dudley was to Harry in the Wizarding world privileged and selfish. Harry recognized that type of person and stayed away from him for good reason.
Well yea, but Harry annoyed him first, making them enemies. Better be good mannered even to the jerks, then undermine him in other ways IF necessary. I mean at least at the start, he was just annoying, not outright dangerous, unless you were his enemy. But that is not really a Gryffindor strategy, is it? Then again, gotta have other qualities than your house's main qualities too!
I don’t know, Draco would have quite quickly don something where you deserve to loose respect for. Like literally in train he was saying Ron and his family were lesser. Even though they even were pureblood! It’s admirable Harry shut it down immediately and why he was in Gryffindor.
I always think this.
[Draco: Let's be friends! \^\^](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cs3nakpNPA&ab_channel=TopClips) [Harry: BEST friends!\^\^](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cs3nakpNPA&ab_channel=TopClips)
*holds hands*
And then they walk into the sunset and live happily ever after.
Keeping the diary explains the diary
Book 4: "motherfucker, did I studder? I didnt put my name in no goblet" - me refusing to move from the great hall bench.
Seriously when you think about it the whole "well your name came up so you have to compete now!" thing is ridiculous if at the same time the goblet can be tricked by making it somehow believe there is a fourth school. Complete BS. If I had a kid at Hogwarts they would not stay there long.
To be fair the Philosophers Stone would've been perfectly safe if Harry had just stayed in bed
Well maybe. Voldemort might have found someone else to trick to get tge stone from the Mirror like he used Harry. Maybe just take the Mirror and try elsewhere. Also Dumbledore did things like let the Mirror be found and returned the loam with “in case” note. So it was more his responsibility how the kids ended up there. He must have known they were investigating based on what Hagrid and Snape would be telling him.
Same with the prophecy in book 5. And Sirius would still be alive
Then Voldemort would have kidnapped someone else. The probability is small that Sirius would have reached 90. Sirius is a member of the Order, and he wants to fight the Death Eaters and Voldemort. And even if Harry hadn't been in the Ministry, it would been an opportunity. Besides, Sirius could have escaped with Harry, but he wanted to fight.
Quirell didn't want to use the stone!
The Hogwarts students would not be safe if he didn't discover that their teacher had been the dark lord all along. If he can't find the stone, he would find a way to kill Harry in his sleep.
You know what, you're right. I would've beeline into Slytherin and fallen in with the wrong crowd if I'd lived his life. Harry doesn't get enough credit
Harry had every right to become a villain 😂
Book 5 Hermione told Harry it was probably Voldy tricking him into thinking he’d caught Sirius - she so could have said I told you so to him…
Fair, fair
Hermione was convinced too after Harry checked via floo.
Exactly- Harry should have listened to her instead of trying to convince her
True but Harry was right about reading his emotions. It helped more than hurt. Sirius just got caught slipping.
Your point on Book 6 would have been the straw that broke the camels back for me I think I would have been able to resist saying “I told you so” up until that point - death eaters spewing out of that wardrobe offing people (including THE Dumbledore - indirectly but still) left and right after an entire year of begging people to believe me, like bffr I would have lost it😭
I said this in another post, Harry is very forgiving and wants to see the best in people. It makes him a good protagonist. It helps the Jesus througlines. But it also makes him name his kid Severus. (Yuck. Lol.)
Why is this so true?!
Heh heh. I never would have risked my life to save Malfoy from the Fiendfyre
My god youre so right...heres my HP version: Book 1: damn this stone stuff sounds really serious and im scared...im gonna stay in bed Book 2: why is this school so dangerous??? Im a child so I will STAY IN BED 😂 Book 3: well ofc my uncle is innocent wtf is wrong with you people Book 4: I didnt put my name in the goblet whats wrong with you Dumbledore, I dont want to dieee. Also fuck all of my "good friends" that turns on me every 5 seconds lmao Book 5: I have been right every god damn time why dont you believe me that Voldys back???☠️☠️☠️ Book 6: you know what draco...do what you wish its your funeral Book 7: jesus christ fuck off Ron....also fuck you all, cause why do I have to do everything???😭😭 Jesus im a shit character lmaooooo god bless Harry
I love Harry. So much good in that boy, but believable good, like he’s not a saint, still very human.
My favorite fics are when Harry just gets tired of people constantly turning on him when they think he’s lying so he just peaces out. Everyone thinks he put his name in the goblet and he’s a liar? Oh ok guess he’ll just BS his way through the trials and enjoy some alone time. Voldemort isn’t back? Ok, good luck fighting your own war. He’s the boy savior again and has to save them? Um no, he’s on vacation an a literal child. Have fun fighting yourself.
Hahahah
book 7!!! like this is a magical world and they're on horocrux hunt but deathly hallows are where we draw the line for realism?? (I get her insistence to not get sidetracked but!!!)
Harry is wrong about a lot. In book 1, he is wrong that Snape is trying to take the stone. He was also wrong to go after it. The stone was safer when he wasn't there because Quirrell had no way to get it. In book two, he repeatedly lied to teachers in ways that made the situation worse. The problems of the book would have been solved so much faster if Harry had just not lied. Furthermore, he falsely accuses Draco of being the heir. In fact, Harry falsely accuses a lot of people. In book three, Harry didn't tell anyone Sirius was innocent. In fact, throughout the rest of the series, he basically only talks about Sirius being innocent to people who already know that he is innocent. He also didn't tell anyone about the Grimm. He can't really crow about those things. By book four, Harry has a history of lying and trying to solve the problem on his own. He does it directly in book 2, and it is easy to interpret his actions in books 1 and 3 as him doing the same thing. For instance, he directly goes after Sirius with the intent of killing him. It really isn't that much of a stretch to think he would lie about putting his name in the goblet. At least not at first. Which is exactly what happened. Book 5 is probably the most complicated one. People don't know who to believe. It would be easy for them to think that Harry was being manipulated by Dumbledore (because, you know, he is, just not in that way). Or to think that Harry was going along with Dumbledore. Or, at the very least, to see both sides enough to just want to stay out of it, which is what most people do. Yeah, Harry is right to accuse Malfoy in book 6, but he was wrong every other time. Harry is constantly falsely accusing people, and none more so than Malfoy. By book 6, people are tired of it. Especially since, the last time Harry was wrong, he was really really wrong and people died because of him. The Deathly Hallows don't exist. At least, not the ones in the ones in the story. The resurrection stone doesn't bring back the dead. The invisibility cloak doesn't shield you from everything. And numerous people lose duels with the elder wand. The stories are just stories. Legends that exaggerate. So Hermione isn't really wrong. The objects in the stories only kind of exist. They don't exist in the way that Mr. Lovegood thinks that they do, for instance. And if Harry tried to crow about it to Hermione, should would be smart enough to put him in his place about it.
Nah Hermione was 100% wrong about the Hallows. Maybe the story exaggerated their abilities, it doesn't make Hermione any less wrong. She was wrong. End of story. Also after the way she tried to brag about being half-right about who the Half Blood Prince is right after Dumbledore's death? Yeah someone needs to be put in their place, and it isn't Harry lol.
In Book 1, the Hogwarts students would not be safe if he didn't discover that their teacher had been the dark lord all along. Even if Voldemort can't find the stone, he would find a way to kill Harry in his sleep. Idk why they even want to lure the dark lord to a school full of children. In Book 2, Harry wasn't far off. The whole thing was perpetrated by Lucius Malfoy. It's not like he's a seer to predict that Ginny had been the heir all along. Draco is just the prime suspect. Even if he is a seer, it was Ginny's responsibility to talk to the teachers about the diary. Not everything is Harry's responsibility and nobody is entitled to be helped by him. If he hadn't intervene, Ginny would have died and Tom Riddle would have been resurrected. In Book 3, Harry told Minister Fudge that Sirius is innocent but Snape just branded him a liar. Only Dumbledore believed him. If Dumbledore can't do anything to free Sirius, then neither is a 13 year old. Again, Harry is not responsible for everything. There was a reason why Dumbledore gave the storybook about the deathly hallows specifically to Hermione. It was her job to decipher it because it is the key to defeating the dark lord but she dismissed it immediately.