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** The name of [[spoiler:Harry's younger son: Albus Severus Potter. One fan even noted [[spoiler: Harry basically called his sons the way a Harry Potter fanboy would call their sons]].

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** The name of [[spoiler:Harry's younger son: Albus Severus Potter. One fan even noted [[spoiler: Harry basically called his sons son the way a Harry Potter fanboy would call their sons]].

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* {{Fanon}}: The popular perception that [[spoiler:Severus Snape was willing to trade James' and Harry's lives for Lily's]]. Snape was struggling to form complete sentences, and Dumbledore drew his own conclusions based on the fragments. Snape didn't deny it though...



* OneSideOfTheStory: The popular perception that [[spoiler:Severus Snape was willing to trade James' and Harry's lives for Lily's]] is actually based on Dumbledore doing this; Snape was struggling to form complete sentences, and Dumbledore drew his own conclusions based on the fragments. Snape didn't deny it though...
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** Also, the characters' shock that Dumbledore had once been friends with Grindelwald, the wizarding equivalent to Hitler, becomes this when Rowling made numerous posts downplaying the persecution of trans people during the Holocaust.

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James Sirius and Lily Luna are hardly narmy. And who the hell hates Dobby?


** The name of [[spoiler:Harry's younger son: Albus Severus Potter. Actually, his other kids' names are pretty narmy as well -- James Sirius and Lily Luna -- but poor Albus]] got stuck with the worst one. One fan even noted [[spoiler: Harry basically called his sons the way a Harry Potter fanboy would call their sons]].

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** The name of [[spoiler:Harry's younger son: Albus Severus Potter. Actually, his other kids' names are pretty narmy as well -- James Sirius and Lily Luna -- but poor Albus]] got stuck with the worst one. One fan even noted [[spoiler: Harry basically called his sons the way a Harry Potter fanboy would call their sons]].



* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[spoiler: Dobby's]] BigDamnHeroes rescue and HeroicSacrifice shut up most of the hate that had been directed his way.



Stan Shunpike; just like Pius Thicknesse, he also most likely did some terrible things while not being capable of free will.

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** Stan Shunpike; just like Pius Thicknesse, he also most likely did some terrible things while not being capable of free will.

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The side missions in ''Deathly Hallows Part 1''. For example, Harry is searching Grimmauld Place... Suddenly, he finds himself in a dragon's cave!

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The side missions in ''Deathly Hallows Part 1''. For example, Harry is searching Grimmauld Place... Suddenly, suddenly, he finds himself in a dragon's cave!



* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Both games have mediocre graphics, uninspired gameplay that is basically ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace but with magic spells]], and boring level design.

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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While still not good by any means, ''Part 2'' is considered a slight improvement with more interesting gameplay, less repetition, and overall being more polished.
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Both games have mediocre graphics, uninspired gameplay that is basically ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace but with magic spells]], and boring level design. ''Part 2'' is better, but that's not really saying mich.

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* InformedWrongness: Hermione once again plays Sirius death at Kreacher's hands as a cautionary tale and more or less states that Sirius suffered a KarmicDeath for his poor treatment of house-elves, and even equates how Sirius treated house-elves with how Voldemort treated him. The stated false-equivalency strikes many readers as off-base since [[spoiler:Voldemort exploited Kreacher as a stooge and left him to die, while Sirius was merely cold and indifferent to him. [[EveryoneHasStandards Sirius would certainly not have killed him or treated him in such fashion]], and the idea that being cold and indifferent to someone makes one the same as the main villain in the eyes of Kreacher makes it come across as completely unjustified. In fact, Sirius was only cold and indifferent to Kreacher because he hated what the elf represents (Sirius' childhood in Grimmauld Place), not because he hated house-elfs (whom he didn't, in fact, hate; Kreacher was an especial case)]].

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* InformedWrongness: Hermione once again plays Sirius death at Kreacher's hands as a cautionary tale and more or less states that Sirius suffered a KarmicDeath for his poor treatment of house-elves, and even equates how Sirius treated house-elves with how Voldemort treated him. The stated false-equivalency strikes many readers as off-base since [[spoiler:Voldemort exploited Kreacher as a stooge and left him to die, while Sirius was merely cold and indifferent to him. [[EveryoneHasStandards Sirius would certainly not have killed him or treated him in such fashion]], and the idea that being cold and indifferent to someone makes one the same as the main villain in the eyes of Kreacher makes it come across as completely unjustified. In fact, Sirius was only cold and indifferent to Kreacher because he hated what the elf represents (Sirius' childhood in Grimmauld Place), not because he hated house-elfs (whom he didn't, in fact, hate; Kreacher was an especial a special case)]].



* OneSideOfTheStory: The popular perception that [[spoiler:Severus Snape was willing to trade James' and Harry's lives for Lily's]] is actually based on Dumbledore doing this; Snape was struggling to form complete sentences, and Dumbledore drew his own conclusions based on the fragments.

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* OneSideOfTheStory: The popular perception that [[spoiler:Severus Snape was willing to trade James' and Harry's lives for Lily's]] is actually based on Dumbledore doing this; Snape was struggling to form complete sentences, and Dumbledore drew his own conclusions based on the fragments. Snape didn't deny it though...


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Stan Shunpike; just like Pius Thicknesse, he also most likely did some terrible things while not being capable of free will.
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* IKnewIt:
** Most people guessed beforehand who R.A.B. was, [[spoiler:Sirius' brother Regulus Black]], with some even correctly guessing his middle name [[spoiler:Arcturus, from his grandfather on the Black Family Tree.]] This was pretty much given away by the DubNameChange, if one was willing to investigate -- [[spoiler:the Black family is named after the colour in all translations, and R.A.B's initials were indeed changed accordingly]]. Notably, Emerson (from [=MuggleNet=]) and Melissa (from The Leaky Cauldron) were given the opportunity to interview Rowling the day after the book was released, immediately after their first read through. They both guessed R.A.B.'s identity immediately.
** [[FanFic/MyImmortal Tara Gilesbie]], of all people, correctly guessed [[spoiler: Harry being a Horcrux and having to commit suicide to kill Voldemort.]]
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* EsotericHappyEnding: A minor example. [[spoiler: Harry destroys the Elder Wand and throws both pieces over the bridge. While this is is framed as an end of all of the conflicts caused in the search for power related to the artifact, this completely ignores that Harry no longer has a wand which is definitely gonna be an issue for a wizard]].
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* EsotericHappyEnding: A minor example. [[spoiler: Harry destroys the Elder Wand and throws both pieces over the bridge. While this is is framed as an end of all of the conflicts caused in the search for power related to the artifact, this completely ignores that Harry no longer has a wand which is definitely gonna be an issue for a wizard]].
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** The scene where Harry is testing out the wand Ron gave him has Rupert Grint very noticeably sitting in a different position when the candle flame turns into a column of fire, indicating an obvious cut.
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** The name of [[spoiler:Harry's younger son: Albus Severus Potter. Actually, his other kids' names are pretty narmy as well -- James Sirius and Lily Luna -- but poor Albus]] got stuck with the worst one.

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** The name of [[spoiler:Harry's younger son: Albus Severus Potter. Actually, his other kids' names are pretty narmy as well -- James Sirius and Lily Luna -- but poor Albus]] got stuck with the worst one. One fan even noted [[spoiler: Harry basically called his sons the way a Harry Potter fanboy would call their sons]].
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** Bill Weasley is described as bearing a distinct resemblance to Mad-Eye Moody due to the facial scars he received from Fenrir Greyback in the previous book. This description would prove amusingly apt in the film adaptation where Bill was played by Creator/DomhnallGleeson, the son of Moody's actor Creator/BrendanGleeson.
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** Aunt Petunia. Yes, there's no excuse for the way she treated Harry, but in the book we see that her "you're a freak" attitude grew out of [[GreenEyedMonster insane jealousy]]. Imagine being a little kid, seeing all the goings-on at Platform 9-3/4, and knowing you'll never, ever get to be part of that world.

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** Aunt Petunia. Yes, there's no excuse for the way she treated Harry, but in the book we see that her "you're a freak" attitude grew out of [[GreenEyedMonster insane jealousy]]. Imagine being a little kid, seeing all the goings-on at Platform 9-3/4, and knowing you'll never, ever get to be part of that world. Add the fact that, [[UnreliableNarrator apparently]], her parents [[ParentalFavoritism favored Lily over her]].
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* InformedWrongness: Hermione once again plays Sirius death at Kreacher's hands as a cautionary tale and more or less states that Sirius suffered a KarmicDeath for his poor treatment of house-elves, and even equates how Sirius treated house-elves with how Voldemort treated him. The stated false-equivalency strikes many readers as off-base since [[spoiler:Voldemort exploited Kreacher as a stooge and left him to die, while Sirius was merely cold and indifferent to him. [[EveryoneHasStandards Sirius would certainly not have killed him or treated him in such fashion]], and the idea that being cold and indifferent to someone makes one the same as the main villain in the eyes of Kreacher makes it come across as completely unjustified]].

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* InformedWrongness: Hermione once again plays Sirius death at Kreacher's hands as a cautionary tale and more or less states that Sirius suffered a KarmicDeath for his poor treatment of house-elves, and even equates how Sirius treated house-elves with how Voldemort treated him. The stated false-equivalency strikes many readers as off-base since [[spoiler:Voldemort exploited Kreacher as a stooge and left him to die, while Sirius was merely cold and indifferent to him. [[EveryoneHasStandards Sirius would certainly not have killed him or treated him in such fashion]], and the idea that being cold and indifferent to someone makes one the same as the main villain in the eyes of Kreacher makes it come across as completely unjustified]].unjustified. In fact, Sirius was only cold and indifferent to Kreacher because he hated what the elf represents (Sirius' childhood in Grimmauld Place), not because he hated house-elfs (whom he didn't, in fact, hate; Kreacher was an especial case)]].

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** Numerous characters are DemotedToExtra despite the film more or less revolving solely around the final battle, the reason why the book was split into two movies. The most notable example is perhaps Professor Sprout, whose return to the films was hyped up only for her to get a few silent cameos, disappointing many who have missed the character and her actress.

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** Numerous characters are DemotedToExtra despite the second film more or less revolving solely around the final battle, the reason why the book was split into two movies. The most notable example is perhaps Professor Sprout, whose return to the films was hyped up only for her to get a few silent cameos, disappointing many who have missed the character and her actress.



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The movie almost completely omits the final battle in the Great Hall; all we see are some blurry bangs and flashes when Neville wakes up and Molly's very brief duel with Bellatrix.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** Given how the films are more willing to depart from Harry's direct [=POV=] than the books, many fans hoped the entire Battle of the Seven Potters (Voldemort killing Mad-Eye, Tonks dueling Bellatrix, Lupin helping an injured George, etc.) would be shown, but the film still just follows Harry and Hagrid and doesn’t even mention as much of what the others went through as the book does.
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The movie almost completely omits the final battle in the Great Hall; all we see are some blurry bangs and flashes when Neville wakes up and Molly's very brief duel with Bellatrix.
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* HesJustHiding:
** [[spoiler:It's possible to wonder if Crabbe might have escaped the Room of Requirement fire, given how fast he is running when last seen, and is never seen burning by the other characters.]]
** Many people are convinced that [[spoiler:Lavender Brown was only wounded in the Battle of Hogwarts, and even the Harry Potter wiki saying she should be considered a casualty of the battle can head-canon this into meaning she faked her own death after being infected with lycanthropy.]]


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* SalvagedStory: Book 5 only had three of the many Dumbledore's Army whom the Golden Trio train contribute to combatting Death Eaters, leaving characters (Cho, Susan, Seamus, Ernie, Parvati, Angelina, Dean, Lavender, Hannah, Terry, Colin, etc.) on the sidelines of the main conflict. Here, most of the other D.A. members actively resist Voldemort and his followers, albeit largely offscreen.

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