{"id":2153,"date":"2017-05-03T17:39:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T17:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/12facts.com\/?p=2153"},"modified":"2021-11-29T19:04:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T19:04:45","slug":"harry-potter-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12facts.com\/harry-potter-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Facts About Harry Potter Which Will Turn Your World Upside Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harry Potter has been a favorite to many old and young around the world who are still waiting for their acceptance letters. Many of them consider themselves to be part of the action and have even devoted themselves to learning every potion and spell publically available.
\nThere are a few facts<\/a> however which never made it into the books. Only some true fans who watch interviews with the author as well as dig into deeper storylines will notice these secrets. Come along with us and enter into the Potter elite with these 12 facts about Harry Potter.<\/p>\n

1. Professor Dumbledore is Gay<\/h2>\n
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Now this will be a shock to most and many will feel challenged by this new insight. Rowling still explains and defends this concept to this day. Dumbledore originally came out in 2007 when Rowling was reading her final novel at Carnegie Hall in New York. She mentioned that Dumbledore was in love with wizard Grindelwald.
\nEven the script writers were not aware of this fact and she was actually taken back by the excitement of the news released. It would not have been such a big deal if stated back in the day when Dumbledore was introduced but happily it was kept a secret for years.<\/p>\n

2. The Not so Invisible Cloak<\/h2>\n
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Harry was ecstatic when he found the cloak of invisibility and actually used it quite a few times storyline. However this does not mean no one was able to see him while using it.
\nRowling stated that Dumbledore was able to use the incantation \u201chomenum revelio\u201d silently and often used to know if Harry was peering into his most secret meetings.<\/p>\n

3. Voldemort with a Silent T<\/h2>\n
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So even the most avid fans may have been pronouncing names wrong. According to Rowling, Voldemort is supposed to be pronounced Voldemor while the T is silent. This was something she only admitted to in 2015 through a tweet mentioning that she intended the T to be silent.
\nFeels crazy to think that eighteen years of the storyline have passed without the public having any knowledge that they were pronouncing his name wrong. Well\u2026 according to the story we shouldn\u2019t say his name at all.<\/p>\n

4. Ron and Arthur Weasley had Limited Days<\/h2>\n
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Losing a member into a story is a great way to introduce new feelings from the reader but can also lead to disinterest in some. This is something authors play with a lot and work with just the right timing to lose a character.
\nRowling said this in an interview \u201cI started thinking I might polish one of them off. Out of sheer spite. ‘There, now you definitely can’t have him anymore.’ But I think in my absolute heart of heart of hearts, although I did seriously consider killing Ron, [I wouldn’t have done it].\u201d<\/p>\n

5. The Food was Real<\/h2>\n
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Now using props may have their downsides and can often look very fake when characters are asked to eat in a scene. This is why the director brought in real food for the first scenes of the great hall.
\nLater on molds of the food were made and painted onto to create realistic food replicas. The real food spoiled too quickly due to the intense heat produced by studio lights. Tasty!<\/p>\n

6. A Woman\u2019s Man<\/h2>\n
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Draco was known to be popular with the girls watching Harry Potter and most of them were teenagers. Rowling was displeased with this idea stating that Draco was an anti-hero and did not have any secret love beneath his exterior. Many girls were holding onto hope on Draco becoming a hero and becoming friends with Harry Potter.<\/p>\n

7. The Longbottoms<\/h2>\n
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Alice and Frank Longbottom have quite a sad story. They were tortured by Bellatrix and Rudolphus Lestrange, due to the dark magic used they were never able to recover as the damage done to them was too great.
\nNeville\u2019s parents stayed in St Mungo\u2019s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries for the rest of their lives. This was something that even Rowling understood why people might want them to eventually heal but again made mention to how powerful dark magic can sometimes be.<\/p>\n

8. Dolores Umbridge was Real<\/h2>\n
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Very few people are based of real people in Harry Potter. In fact to this day Dolores is still the only one to be based off of someone Rowling knew in her personal life. Rowling disliked the woman intensely however she never disclosed the person\u2019s name but stated that she found Umbridge as unappealing as Voldemort due to their characters being so similar at the core.<\/p>\n

9. The Three Brothers<\/h2>\n
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The three brothers represented in the Deathly Hallows story were actually Harry, Voldemort and Severus.
\nThis was determined due to what they possessed during the duration of the story. Harry had the cloak of invisibility, Lord Voldemort was the brother who has the Elder Wand. Lastly Severus Snape was the brother who had the resurrection stone. This may be common knowledge to some but can be often overlooked by most.<\/p>\n

10. Dumbledore was the Master of Death<\/h2>\n
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Dumbledore had possessed all three Hallows during the duration of the story. This was not all at the same time but he had mastered the Elder Wand, borrowed the Cloak of Invisibility form James Potter which he later gave to Harry during his first year attending Hogwarts. He also found the Resurrection Stone in the Gaunt shack and finally accept his own death.<\/p>\n

11. Shared Birthdays<\/h2>\n
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Rowling and Harry Potter share the same birthday\u2026 This is just one of the way in which Rowling decided to put her influence into the characters of the Harry Potter storyline.
\nHermione was a bit like her when she was younger and displays traits which remind her of a younger self. Not only that but Rowling loves Otters and Hermione\u2019s patronus is an Otter. Dumbledore and her share a love for Lemon sherbet as found out when she stated that he has \u201cgot good taste\u201d.<\/p>\n

12. Hermione got her Parents Back<\/h2>\n
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Many of us assumed that Hermione had lost her parents permanently when she altered their memories for her own protection. It might just be our ignorant muggle brains but that was not the case according to Rowling.
\nRowling stated during an interview that Hermione got her parents back \u201cstraight away\u201d. How or why this happened was not disclosed but is definitely a warm and welcoming fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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