The Wizarding World: Questions, Theories, Speculation
Quote from Sigrun on November 7, 2024, 9:25 amHogwarts became compulsory for all children after Voldemort took over the Ministry. Lupin talks about it in the chapter 'The Bribe'.
Oh, that makes sense. Thank you!
Quote from Chorus on November 7, 2024, 9:36 amIs it ever explained how the school was created?
I don't think there's a detailed version. All I remember is that the four founders united to create it, and there was a wizard architect involved.
A wizard architect? : 0
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Quote from Krystal on March 11, 2023, 6:56 amI am personally inclined to Hallows being made by Peverell brothers using things from Thestral. We know that the Elder Wand has as core a piece of Thestral hair. Many people have suggested that the Resurrection Stone is a Thestral bezoar. An interesting fact I've learned today is that Persian doctors used to carry a ring that had a bezoar as the stone because it was widely believed that bezoar could cure poisoning. This practice went on even throughout Medieval Europe.
Also it has been suggested that the Invisibility Cloak is made out of Thestral hair, but I have a much more disgusting theory. Thestrals are described as looking skeletal, but what if upon seeing someone die, only their bones become visible, while the skin remains forever invisible to the naked eye, and the Invisibility cloak is made out of Thestral skin?
Also it is stated that in order to see a Thestral, you must have seen death. In the Tale of Three Brothers we're told that the brothers meet Death on a lonely road at dawn (or midnight according to Molly), but seeing death has a more allegorical sense in the way Hagrid explains it. So I think the three brothers literally saw someone (maybe their companion) drown in the river that appears in the story but they used magic to escape.
What are your thoughts?
I love these theories. Thanks for sharing.
Quote from Heatherlly on February 26, 2023, 2:28 pmThe world of Harry Potter might be well developed, but there are plenty of things that are never clarified, left for us to speculate about, or just don't make sense. This thread is a place for us to discuss those mysteries (and inconsistencies), offer up our own headcanons, etc.
My first question: how the hell is the Wizarding world able to hide the existence of dragons? I can suspend disbelief for most things, but that one is a bit of a stretch. 😂
I believe the hiding of towns, buildings, magical animals, world quidditch cup, magical buses and others things are covered by magical spells, but that doesn't work for me. How many people were working the world quidditch cup. Two. My imagination just doesn't like it I guess. And I fall back to that they are just in another realm or dimension. That is my headcanon and I am sticking with that. Especially after Fantastic Beast, there seems to be an entire Wizarding Paris.
Quote from Krystal on August 30, 2023, 4:48 amHow did Voldemort come to create the Flying Spell? What was his inspiration for the spell?
Did it say he created it in the books? I don't remember. I always assumed that the Wizarding world thought flying was dark magic and "good wizards" just didn't learn it. I don't think that what qualifies as dark magic and what doesn't was well defined. I think love potions should be considered dark and what Hermione did to Marietta are pretty dark and other things that "good" wizards did.
My head canon is that some wizard from the past in a high position wanted to learn to fly, but couldn't. So he started calling it dark and it became outlawed. I had never heard the theory that Lily created the spell. Some fans like to say she was just floating and not flying. I go with the theory that she was flying when she was jumping off the swing. My head canon that she had a natural ability to fly. I think that she showed Severus that she could fly before they went to Hogwarts and Severus warned her that it was considered dark magic and to be careful. I think that she taught him how to fly, but when he joined the death eaters he never told anyone that Lily taught him. I imagine that Severus room is on the top floor at Spinner's End and that she would fly to his window. I imagine that Lily liked to go to Spinner's End because she could do magic there, because Eileen was an adult witch living there.
I remember in a Snily exchange there was a picture of Severus and Lily flying. I'm going to have to look for the picture and share it. Another art work that I remember is I believe by Viz on DA where Lily and Severus are flying past James on his broom.
