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Every year, Harry was left behind with Mrs. Figg, a mad old lady who lived two streets away. Harry hated it there. The whole house smelled of cabbage and Mrs. Figg made him look at photographs of all the cats she’d ever owned.
And somehow this Mrs Figg is a squib whose job it was to keep an eye on Harry? And for some reason she can't have been nice to him or made his stay pleasant?
“They stuff people’s heads down the toilet the first day at Stonewall,” he told Harry. “Want to come upstairs and practice?” “No, thanks,” said Harry. “The poor toilet’s never had anything as horrible as your head down it — it might be sick.”
“Could you write it down?” Harry suggested. “Nah — can’t spell it. All right — Voldemort.
Friendly reminder that hagrid can't spell voldemort. It's probably because the only education wizards get is in magical stuff from Hogwarts. Even if their parents homeschool them, they still only get practcal education up to 5th grade level. Which leaves you with a lot of questions.
Head boy an’ girl at Hogwarts in their day!
James Potter was head boy?
Harry gasped. Inside were mounds of gold coins. Columns of silver. Heaps of little bronze Knuts.
How lucky. His parents somehow left him a huge fortune. Even though we don't actually know how they earned that fortune... But yeah. Anyways. Harry's a lucky boy. .-.
Slytherins have got the Cup six years in a row!
This might just be me, but I feel like out of all the houses, Hufflepuff would be the most likely to win the house cup. I find it hard to believe Slytherin was well behaved enough to win the house cup. But I guess that wouldn't play into the Slytherin/Gryffindor rivalry.
“Oh, move over,” Hermione snarled. She grabbed Harry’s wand, tapped the lock, and whispered, “Alohomora!” The lock clicked and the door swung open
So the top secret door guarding the SORCERERS STONE can be opened with the most basic unlocking charm? I question Hogwarts security.
Indeed, by the next morning Harry and Ron thought that meeting the three-headed dog had been an excellent adventure, and they were quite keen to have another one.
Jesus
and they spent a lot of time wondering what could possibly need such heavy protection.
Why are they so nosy? Just chill bro
Hermione was stomping up the stairs, looking disapprovingly at the package in Harry’s hand. “I thought you weren’t speaking to us?” said Harry. “Yes, don’t stop now,” said Ron, “it’s doing us so much good.” Hermione marched away with her nose in the air.
They are so petty.
You each win Gryffindor five points.
Unfair McGonagall. They knocked out a troll and saved the school and they each get five points.
although people rarely died playing Quidditch,
Seems unlikely
she knocked Professor Quirrell headfirst into the row in front.
That's lucky...
Harry was speeding toward the ground when the crowd saw him clap his hand to his mouth as though he was about to be sick — he hit the field on all fours — coughed — and something gold fell into his hand.
Are all wizards and witches naturally this lucky?
“And you could ask your parents if they know who Flamel is,” said Ron. “It’d be safe to ask them.”
Oh, if only they had the internet.
Harry watched Hagrid getting redder and redder in the face as he called for more wine, finally kissing Professor McGonagall on the cheek, who, to Harry’s amazement, giggled and blushed, her top hat lopsided.
Anyway, maybe it only shows dead people.
Ron with the tact
“I’ll be back at dawn,” said Filch,
So detention for eleven year olds involves roaming an extremely dangerous forest all night? They don't even get to sleep.
Ronan pawed the ground nervously. “I’m sure Firenze thought he was acting for the best,” he said in his gloomy voice.
Are there any female centaurs? I don't think there were any mentioned in the books.
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“No,” said Harry, startled by the odd question. “We’ve only used the horn and tail hair in Potions.” “That is because it is a monstrous thing, to slay a unicorn,”
Well how do they get the horn? Saw it off tbe unicorn's head?
you were the one who told me to stand up to people!” “Yes, but not to us,”
“This way,” said Harry, pointing down a stone passageway, which was the only way forward.
Ron went speeding in the direction that Harry was pointing, crashed into the ceiling, and nearly fell off his broom.
“Yes,” said Quirrell idly, walking around the mirror to look at the back. “He was on to me by that time,
Why didn't Snape tell Dumbledore?
“D’you think he meant you to do it?” said Ron. “Sending you your father’s Cloak and everything?” “Well,” Hermione exploded, “if he did — I mean to say — that’s terrible — you could have been killed.” “No, it isn’t,” said Harry thoughtfully. “He’s a funny man, Dumbledore. I think he sort of wanted to give me a chance. I think he knows more or less everything that goes on here, you know. I reckon he had a pretty good idea we were going to try, and instead of stopping us, he just taught us enough to help. I don’t think it was an accident he let me find out how the mirror worked. It’s almost like
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WELL WHY DIDN'T DUMBLEDORE STOP VOLDEMORT IF HE KNEW ALL ABOIT IT!!!! No, it's a much better idea to send a bunch of freaking eleven year olds to face freaking Voldemort. Obviously.
“First — to Mr. Ronald Weasley . . .” Ron went purple in the face; he looked like a radish with a bad sunburn. “. . . for the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years, I award Gryffindor House fifty points.”
That's seriously a reason to award 50 points to Gryffindor. Biased much?
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. I therefore award ten points to Mr. Neville Longbottom.”
If he awarded 10 points to every student who stood up for themselves then there would be a lot of points awarded.
“Ready, are you?” It was Uncle Vernon, still purple-faced, still mustached,
How did he know to pick Harry up?
