Potterheads Share the Most Overlooked Facts in the Harry Potter Series in a Magically Eye Opening Discussion

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Jun 18, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

The Harry Potter books are filled with easter eggs that even fans who read the books countless times (such as myself), might have missed or overlooked. Building the plot for 7 books in a way that makes complete sense is such a challenging task, and although Rowling still has some missteps and plot holes that are hard to ignore (that can be an entirely new thread, stay tuned), she still did a fantastic job in tying the plot together in ways that still feel new and exciting even if you are on your 20th readthrough.

Admittedly, I was not yet a fan of Harry Potter when the books first came out, so I do not know what discussions went on whenever fans caught on to a certain easter egg or clue. But I definitely enjoyed reading through this discussion on Reddit about facts that might have been overlooked by most fans. And if anything, it made me want to go back and reread the books all over again. 

Scroll down to enjoy the interesting discussion yourselves. After that, click here for a magically hilarious collection of Harry Potter memes.

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    What is the most overlooked fact in Harry Potter?
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    The moment Harry told Dumbledore that Voldemort took his blood, he notices a "glint of triumph" in his eyes for a moment. It wasn't explicitly mentioned ever again, but it was foreshadowing several years in
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    the making as the moment Dumbledore realized that Harry would not have to c e in order to k off the remaining soul fragment of Voldemort still inside him. Once his blood was taken, he knew Voldemort couldn't k ¦ Harry because his
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    mother's protection was still active from within Voldemort himself. This was such an unreal moment that took me by surprise after i finished reading the books and just hit me.
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    Archaeellis 5 days ago I think the bit at the end of book 5 when Harry is yelling at dumbledore and says something like people don't like to be locked up and dumbledore puts his face in his hands. Considering his
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    sister had been locked up for a good part of her life while albus watched on that must of hit him pretty hard.
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    MutleyRulz. 5 days ago Dumbledore's sister was imprisoned. Dumbledore says his deepest desire is socks, what does Harry use to free Dobby from his imprisonment in servitude to the Malfoys?
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    Y2KGB 5 days ago • The Gov't has a room full of time-machines and a veil to the afterlife under their direct control.
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    vpsj 5 days ago Vanished objects go into non-be... The fact that the entire plot only happened because Fudge decided to visit Azkaban on that specific day. If he had picked any other day.. literally any other day, then:
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    The news of Weasleys in Egypt wouldn't be in the paper, Sirius would not have seen it, he wouldn't escape from Azkaban, Peter would have no reason to leave Ron, Voldemort would continue to hide in Albania.
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    It's very much possible that Harry would've become a full blown Wizard and possibly an international Quidditch player before Voldemort would even get his body/powers back.
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    0x00001101.5 days ago In book 1 while Hagrid picks up Harry on the island on the sea he pays 5 Knots to the owl for delivering the Daily Prophet. In book 4 when Hermione takes out the subscription to the Daily Prophet she only pays 1 Knot.
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    FlyDinosaur 5 days ago Ravenclaw Idk exactly. One thing that I have to remind myself and which always seems a bit weird to me (cuz of the movies?) is that Snape was 21 when Lily ded, is 31 in the first book, and des at 38. He's very young.
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    Noxilcash 5 days ago • That if you are expelled from school as a child you are no longer able to perform magic for the rest of your life. You make one bad mistake as a kid and they put you on the do not fly list of society and make you live with muggles. That's crazy
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    FeanorPeverall - 4 days ago That lines up with the fact that if a wizard is even suspected of breaking a law the only option is to be locked up in the soul- sucking Azkaban.
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    Brave_Share7583 5 days ago Something I never picked up on until recently was the foreshadowing of Aberforth. being the Hog's Head Barman.
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    In GoF, Dumbledore mentions his brother's penchant for goats. In OOTF, Harry notes that the Hog's Head smells of goats, and that the barman looks vaguely familiar.
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    Daverose68.5 days ago In the 6th book when Harry was trying to tell professor mcgonagall that he thought it was Malfoy that gave Katie the necklace all he had to say was the necklace was 1500 gallons, who else could afford that?
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    protendious 4 days ago The only reason Lilly's protection happened is because she chose to ce for Harry. Which we know. The only reason she has a choice was because Snape asked Voldemort to spare her
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    life. He wouldn't have asked her to step aside otherwise probably. Snape inadvertently saved Harry's life and destroyed Voldemort.
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    Straight-Ad-160 · 4 days ago The only reason Lily had to protect Harry was because Snape told Voldemort about the prophecy, so full circle I guess.
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    forogtten_taco · 4 days ago Book 1 Hagrid gets Harry from island cabin. Hagrid flew to the cabin, they take the boat back to shore. The dursleys are stranded on that island.
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    Top-Juggernaut-8001 · 4 days ago In CoS, Harry is in Filch's office and Nearly Headless Nick convinces Peeves to distract Filch - Peeves breaks the vanishing cabinet that Draco is then trying to fix in HBP.
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    felldiver 4 days ago I think the fact that Aunt Petunia knew that it was only the fact that Harry was living with them was what would keep him safe. I always think the part in OOTP when she stops Uncle Vernon kicking him out is another small but incredibly important moment in the series.
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    valdezlopez 5 days ago • That it is never explicitly mentioned in the books what happened to either of Harry's grandparents, and no one ever brings it up. Like, Harry would have at least asked himself that and probably looked into it.
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    I don't know about English kids, but where I come from, either four of my grandparents were an important figure in my upbringing, even the one who c_d pretty early.
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