All posts by Man with no name or life

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Marauder era is far too undeveloped to be put as an option

I think the only thing I'd change, apart from the casual bigotry, is the lack of depth for the lore. If it were up to me, every spell's incantation would be known, every wizarding event would get fleshed out. Not necessarily in the main books (except perhaps as footnotes), but there'd be access to greater knowledge that goes even deeper than Pottermore. 

Yes Harry Potter lore is seriously lacking in every regard.

Aside from lore my only change is to have one of Harry's kids(probably Albus) be named after Hagrid too.

He was mean and anti-muggle born bc of how he was raiesd

Also hes hot

1. Doesn't excuse his behaviour. He could have chosen to be better but he didn't.

2. Not Canon and you can still consider a character or more accurately in this case actor to be hot without making excuses for their characters bad actions.

I would say his inner battles did gain ground. He didn’t betray Harry to his family in Deathly Hallows, despite enormous pressure from even his mom. In spite of that pressure and his crazy aunt, he did not reveal Harry. 

I mean good point. I still don't think his internal battles gained enough ground to redeem him, for most of the time he still did far too little but he yes he did resist giving away Harry so he had become stronger in some way.

^^Actions speak louder than words. He fought his internal battles and they went nowhere till after Voldmort was already vanquished.

^^^^Don't worry your quality posts and willingness to actually discuss this topic shows your not obsessed over Draco.

And yes being in a family so deeply connected to Wizard Hitler who'd then later return is certainly not an easy environment and indeed fear is a classic tool of dictators to keep their subjects in line, subjects who'd otherwise be good people but under the threat of the dictator do terrible things. I do think Dracos behaviour is realistic all things considered and it makes sense its not after the final fall of Voldmort and in adulthood that he properly processes and breaks away.

Even so Draco when assigned to kill Dumbledore clearly wasn't a obsessed fanatic and neither did he develop loyalties either, he remained in the jaws of fear but at the same time he was constantly doubting and despite his parents lives being in danger Voldmort did not have such a grip on him that Draco would be a willing tool, he ultimately couldn't kill Dumbledore and thus he did not truly join Voldmort. This could be taken as a sign of good being within him but while I do take that as true I also think he was not strong enough to use that good either. Lacking the guts or empty conscience to kill Dumbledore and yet not being strong enough to betray Voldmort. He was at a crossroads and he chose to be dragged by his feet towards Voldmort before quickly stumbling back to the light when Voldmort fell.

I think in the end Draco was cowardly. He was scared by Voldmorts threats but he couldn't carry out what he was tasked to do and while this despite his opinion on Dumbledore was a sign of good within Draco he was still too scared to make any use of this good and so continued to act as a benefactor of Voldmort.

^J.K has made a test, you can get sorted into a house by it

Ik about that, sure I did it myself but I just don't get how some people associate with their houses so much simply because of a test made on an official website. If their indications of a house culture in the real world, online forum for different Houses, meet-ups, secret codes and what not, imitations of the Houses in various ways and other things that connect people I'd understand but as far as I can tell individual cultures for each of the houses go about as far as merch.

I'm not sure how people identify with houses to start with, unless theirs clubs where you talk with other hufflepuffs or whatever

Draco was molded by his environment Yes but that doesn't define him. He still could have chosen to be better than his parents, his upbringing, his pureblood supremacy culture and tradition.

Sure in the end, between the gap of HP books and cursed Child a timeline completely neglected he did just that but he still could have chosen the good path sooner. Monsters are made yes, but we can choose not to be Monsters and Draco should have chosen sooner.

I don't disagree that he's a good antagonist but I want to ensure no-one starts making excuses for him because of his upbringing. I'm not saying your doing that OP but I'm sure someone will come along, see this post and do exactly that.

A fair mix of unpopular and popular opinions. Better than most posts of this type. Congratulations.

^Exactly

As Ice said remove any magical bonds between wizards and house elves. One of these bonds is the attachment of an elf to its owner which can only be broken through an elf being given clothes. If all these bonds were broken then elves like Dobby would be able to find work easier and move between masters as they please. Of course some elves may find it distasteful for these bonds to be broken but the implementation of the following ideas may well encourage them to break their bonds.

Next implement elf rights and protections. With no magical bonds this is much easier to do and will give elves a better life and make them realise what they've been missing out on which could encourage them to support further reforms. They should receive basic wage of some kind.

Also integrate house elves into the overall Wizardibg culture. House Elves going out to pubs, shopping, participating in community events, seeking alternative employment than servitude, having their own house ect. This would help break the notion of a house elf second class and would help break the Elf servant culture.

Finally just like the muggle rights movements magical community must go up in arms in support of the elves in order to force change and help change outdated attitudes.

I honestly think Disney might be better simply because HP has no true lore or worldbuilding that Disney could screw up. Move away from the central story of Harry, Voldmort, Dumbledore and Grindlewald and the Harry Potter universe is pretty much a blank slate that you can do whatever with and Harry Potter content is already in a drought so not much previous content to screw up either.

OK with epilogue, I pick and mix what I like from Cursed Child

^Yea HP is no masterpiece

No-one wants a new series of Harry Potter films based on the book. What people want is the world to be expanded, to be explored, TV shows, movies, videogames. A Harry Potter MCU. Fantastic Beasts could have been the start of that but didn't.

I doubt WB will do a reboot though simply because it's too much of a risk and too expensive. Fans will hate a reboot when they already got a perfectly good series of films and for Warner Bros who are already running low on money such an attempt is expensive and not going to reap anything back.

^True the court verdict would be the use of a love potion for a wizard court and not guilty for a muggle court but Tom Sr was still r**ed.

Given the weird and old fashioned social standards of the magical community I honestly wouldn't be surprised if magical users doing what they want towards muggles is OK.. Love potions are already something you can readily buy and sell and the poor view of muggles especially in older times means rights considered essential for magic folk may not have been considered for muggles.

And of course we know next to nothing how a lot of magic actually works including love potions. Are their different varieties and strengths, does it always infect the same way and may it wear off or be cured, is it a simple brainwashing or has victim developed genuine feelings ecetra.

^^RIP my boy Hagrid. He deserved better.

Yea James changed for the better whilst Snape changed for the worst and while yes Snape betrayed Voldmort and died fighting for the good side overall he was a troubled man often nasty to his students that was fighting for a good cause. Yes he had good moments like expressing disgust at Dumbledores plan for Harry but overall those were few

The only true redemption for Snape that would make his behaviour all right is if it was all a facade to make him seem loyal to Voldmort and his followers and ensure students who otherwise may discover his link with Dumbledore instead hate and detest Snape and never consider that he may be one of Dumbledores greatest allies. Such a facade would be a necessary evil that could well hide who Snape truly was save in brief moments of truth. I don't believe this theory of mine personally as while it would fit Snapes character and everything that happened relating to him theirs no hints in the novel that would confirm this theory. It relys on a lack of evidence to the contrary rather than proof that confirms it and so is better off as a headcanon at best.