Harry Potter Was Never A Wizard

Quite frankly, some of the Redditor’s evidence is flimsy. Take, for example, this point about Sirius Black and his longtime close friend Remus Lupin, played by David Thewlis: «In the 4th book, Black is closely affiliated with (and introduced by and treated as a kind of surrogate for) a werewolf, who is obessesed with the moon. The moon is a symbol for insanity (i.e., lunacy).»

The «Harry Potter» books are in the fantasy genre; it’s not telling or strange that a werewolf is involved. Plus, the idea that Harry and Voldemort are the «same person» is taken to the extreme, with the Redditor writing that when Dumbledore visits an orphanage to collect a young Tom Riddle in «Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,» it’s actually Harry somehow, which would make the entire timeline of «Harry Potter» incorrect. This visit takes place years before Harry’s birth, and ostensibly, Harry is a real person.

Even pushing all of that aside, «Harry Potter» is a series about how love, friendship, and kindness can overcome even the most dangerous of hurdles. It feels relentlessly bleak and sad that the entire thing would be about a young boy struggling with mental demons, so for now, we can safely assume that Hogwarts is what it is presented as — a school for young magical children where they learn to turn mice into teacups.

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