Top 10 Harry Potter Fan Theories
Expect obvious spoilers if you haven't seen the movies or read the books.
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The Dursleys were mean because they were under the effect of a Horcrux
Petunia was always jealous of her sister because she couldn't be a witch. As a child, she even sent an owl to Dumbledore because she wanted to go to Hogwarts. When she couldn't go, she called it a "freak school."
Then the Dursleys met Lily and James again, and there was an argument. Vernon really hated Harry because he looked like his father. Vernon was a bad father anyway - he encouraged his son to bully others instead of punishing him. Petunia was a bad mother, too. She ignored Dudley's behavior and thought he was an angel. Dudley was just a spoiled brat and a bully.
Vernon was the head of his office, Grunnings, a company that makes drills. Seriously, when do parents give their child 36 presents? As for Aunt Marge, we don't know much about her, except that she's like a Muggle version of Umbridge, and she loves dogs.
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The Deathly Hallows represent Lord Voldemort, Severus Snape, and Harry Potter, with Albus Dumbledore representing Death
One died for power - Voldemort.
One died for a lost love - Snape.
One greeted death as an old friend - Harry.
And Dumbledore possessed all three Hallows and was greeted by Harry as an "old friend."
But the Deathly Hallows story was created before Harry met Dumbledore at King's Cross, so they can't directly refer to them. It makes sense to be a recurrence of those themes, though.
Did you know that Harry and Voldemort are both related to the Peverells? Harry is Ignotus, and Voldemort is Cadmus.
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Albus Dumbledore is a time-traveling version of Ron Weasley
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A war occurred between Muggles and wizards, resulting in a Muggle victory
I love this theory. It actually makes sense. It would explain why wizards went into hiding. It also kind of explains why abracadabra and Avada Kedavra sound so much alike. Maybe abracadabra was Muggles mocking wizards?
How the heck would the Muggles win? The wizards would just use a memory charm on them and hide so that another war couldn't happen!
Ever wonder how the Ministry of Magic may have been set up?
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Draco Malfoy is a werewolf
He's suspicious. Plus, there is a literal werewolf walking around Malfoy Manor at night. He could have possibly gotten annoyed with Draco and bitten him.
K, this is probably the weirdest one I've seen, besides the Ron is Dumbledore and the Draco-Hermione ship. Like seriously, why would he be a werewolf?
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Ginny Weasley gave Harry Potter a love potion
Doubt it. Hints of Harry and Ginny are very subtle. Even I had to reread to find the hints of them becoming a couple in HBP. The stories are not about romance.
She was no fangirl. She was talkative in the first book, then became shy around him in the next book until the fifth. She couldn't wait around forever. Harry was more focused on Cho for three books until Cho's best friend betrayed her and all of Dumbledore's Army.
Ron accidentally had a love potion. Chocolate stays in date for months.
I really noticed this. First off, in the first book through the fifth, Harry didn't really notice Ginny. Then, in The Half-Blood Prince, when Fred and George have their joke shop, Ginny is near the love potions. I suppose she bought one.
Later, when she kisses Dean, Harry gets jealous. Then a little while later, he suddenly has a crush on her, and it makes no sense. He broke up with Cho for some reason, and after paying no attention to Ginny, in the next book/movie, he has a crush on her. Eh?
They also say Ginny had a crush on Harry when they were young, so it's probably true that Ginny smuggled in a love potion.
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Harry Potter is the Heir of Gryffindor
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Moaning Myrtle was an urban legend
She was basically a homage to a Japanese urban legend, Hanako, a ghost of a young girl who died in a bathroom and roams the bathroom.
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Neville Longbottom was not bad at magic, but he was using the wrong wand
Yes, this makes perfect sense. He was using his dad's wand, which probably hadn't chosen him.
As for Ron using Charlie's wand - first of all, Wingardium Leviosa is a simple spell. Secondly, Charlie's wand might have liked Ron more than Frank Longbottom's wand liked Neville, so Ron was able to perform magic better with Charlie's wand than Neville could with his dad's.
He certainly got a whole lot better as the story progressed, but for a time, he was that one kid who couldn't get it right. Is it possible his first wand just wasn't meant for him?
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Harry Potter never left the cupboard under the stairs
This theory says that Harry created the Wizarding World all in his mind to escape the trauma from the Dursleys.
"Make a wish." - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone film.
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Harry Potter married Hermione Granger
Ha, I wish!
Unfortunately, it is clearly shown that Harry married Ginny and Hermione married Ron. Harry + Hermione forever, though.
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Severus Snape liked Harry Potter but was too afraid to show it
He loved Lily but hated James. He sees a resemblance to James in Harry.
Being a teacher, of course he wants Harry to be successful. But he just had some terrible feelings from his own school life that he remembers all too vividly.
He's certainly not what I would consider afraid, though.
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Harry Potter is immortal
"Either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives." Harry must have given up his own death upon his victory over Voldemort.
Oh, this has to be true. For one thing, he already died at Voldemort's hand. For another, he killed Voldemort! I hope Harry lives forever. GO POTTER!
"His scar had not pained him for nineteen years."
That's beautiful.
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Neville Longbottom is the real hero
Not necessarily. He's not the hero, he was just the hero in that particular timeline. The Time-Turner could've caused a wrong turn that led to a chain of events where someone else was killed, and Voldemort was still immortal.
Also, remember when Harry tells Neville to kill the snake? If Neville weren't alive, Harry could've just told someone else to kill Nagini. If they succeeded, Voldemort would still be dead.
You mean when he was told by Harry to kill the snake. Neville didn't just know, he was told.
Harry and Neville are both heroes.
Oh, and the wand thing... well, how come Ron, with his older brother Charlie's wand, could knock out a 12-foot mountain troll? Other characters in the seventh book, like Hermione, could fight with other wands when their own was broken.
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The Sorting Hat sorts students based on the traits they value rather than the traits they possess
Harry chose Gryffindor over Slytherin, and I'd wager Hermione chose Gryffindor over Ravenclaw. This could also apply to anyone whose family traditionally gets sorted into a particular house. It's hard to imagine every single Weasley being a Gryffindor or every single Malfoy a Slytherin if the decision was based on personality and not choice.
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Crookshanks is actually the Potters' cat
It actually makes sense. The Potters had a cat, remember? It also explains why Crookshanks hated Scabbers so much (since Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew, who betrayed the Potters).
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Rita Skeeter is J.K. Rowling
WHAT?!?! But Skeeter writes false stuff. Remember? I don't believe it.
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Luna Lovegood is autistic
She laughs really loudly when someone tells a random joke. She randomly mentions imaginary creatures. She wears a necklace made of butterbeer corks. She is bluntly honest.
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George Weasley is Willy Wonka
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Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas are in a romantic relationship
Deamus forever! This is 100% true. Just look it up - I know you won't! But really, this ship is so cute.
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Minerva McGonagall is a Death Eater
I personally think this is true because, in The Chamber of Secrets, she doesn't even help stop the basilisk. Also, when Cedric Diggory dies, she doesn't shed a single tear! I mean, what is up with that?
Remember when I said she doesn't stop the basilisk? Well, she also doesn't even stop Harry and Ron from going into the Chamber. Yes, she was gasping for breath after they came out alive, but when Cedric dies, she doesn't even gasp or cry. I think she was gasping because they had destroyed one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.
No, she is not a Death Eater! Since when is she a Death Eater? She probably didn't cry because she's not an emotional person. (Those types of people exist.) She's part of the Order of the Phoenix. If she were a Death Eater, Voldemort would be ruling the world because she would've passed Order information to the Death Eaters.
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Albus Dumbledore had a Horcrux
It was Marvolo Gaunt's ring, if you wanna get technical. He destroys it with Gryffindor's sword.
Unless you mean specifically him splitting his soul, which, well, Harry does see him after getting hit with Avada Kedavra. But then again, how are we to know this isn't just something in Harry's mind or something? Kinda curious about this.
I like this theory - not me, but SuperCarlinBrothers created it.
It means he created one. Maybe he was close with Grindelwald.
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Dolores Umbridge was Muggle-born but lied about it to avoid arrest
Wasn't she a Slytherin?
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Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle have troll ancestors
Their fathers are Death Eaters. That doesn't mean they have troll blood mixed in somewhere high up. They probably aren't half-troll, but it's likely that they have troll blood.
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Hermione Granger wrote the entire series and let J.K. Rowling have the credit so it could be sold as fiction
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Lord Voldemort understands love but chooses to reject it to preserve his dark personality
I think it makes sense, but he had something in his past. So now he wanted to be evil. That's why he tried to kill Potter, because he and his family got along together. Voldemort couldn't stand it. Once he figured he's related to Harry, he wants his family, and probably thinks that Harry is all he needs, in my opinion.
Makes sense. He wants to be evil. Harry Potter got it wrong, from the Order of the Phoenix.
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Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle are cousins