Top 10 Harry Potter Fan Theories

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.

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.

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?

I do believe this because Moaning Myrtle was a Hogwarts student. I think there are more, we just don't know about them because Harry never met them. (We read the story from Harry's point of view, so it's possible.)

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?

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.

Yes, this was Dumbledore's theory for why he couldn't keep a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for more than a year. Like most of Dumbledore's guesses, I'm pretty sure this one is correct, too.

When Voldemort was denied the position, the role was cursed so that it could only have one teacher per year.

I think it was cursed because Voldemort didn't want students learning how to defend against the Dark Arts.

Ha, I wish!

Unfortunately, it is clearly shown that Harry married Ginny and Hermione married Ron. Harry + Hermione forever, though.

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?

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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).

WHAT?!?! But Skeeter writes false stuff. Remember? I don't believe it.

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.

Rowling may have confirmed it, but it wasn't in the books. Due to the rules of literature that I just made up, if it isn't mentioned, then it isn't canon.

Actually confirmed. J.K. Rowling broke the silence and said yes, Dumbledore is gay.

Deamus forever! This is 100% true. Just look it up - I know you won't! But really, this ship is so cute.

I'd say this is confirmed. After the attack in Order of the Phoenix, Dudley became a much more remorseful person due to having treated Harry terribly over the years. He at least shook hands with Harry before he and the rest of the Dursleys left for safety. (In case anyone's wondering, this is a deleted scene in Deathly Hallows Part 1 as well.)

That's why he made Harry a cup of tea, worried about him, and asked his parents if Harry was coming too when they had to leave in the seventh book.

It's true. If you check the Harry Potter Wikia, you'll find the stories about them. The Fat Friar worked in a Muggle church, even though he was a wizard. Sir Nicholas was caught during the times of witch trials.

I looked up how Nearly Headless Nick died, and he was executed because he accidentally gave a Muggle tusks. He was arrested and killed after being struck 45 times with an axe.

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.