Dear HBO: Top 15 Things I Want in the Harry Potter Reboot (Sincerely a Potterhead)

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[garmadonthesensei]

I want to see Harry and Ron procrastinate on their homework. I want to see sassy sarcastic Harry speak back to teachers and Malfoy. I want to see Ron be the first one of the trio to punch Malfoy. I want to see unhinged slacker Harry in all his glory 🥹

[kristi]

I want Neville’s everything. His parents background as Aurors, their kidnapping and torture, their confinement at St. Mungo’s. We need to see how overbearing Augusta Longbottom is, and how she rewards his bravery with his new wand after OotP. She wants her grandson to jump into the fight, and she does it herself when Voldy attacks Hogwarts.

[TheGarrettPM]

Fun fact. They bumped everyone’s age up in the movies because of Alan Rickman. They needed everyone to be roughly his age so it made sense as he was the only person offered the role of Snape. I know Rickman was in his 60s and Oldman in his 50s but it looked correct

[mynameisbrutus]

I would really like to see Dudley’s entire character arc, especially his goodbye to Harry in Deathly Hallows. The fact that they even shot the entire scene and yet still decided to cut it out makes me sooo angry

[siddharthachakraborty]

They should also show the full and actual story about the Crouch family, how Barty Crouch Jr escaped prison etc. Also show St Mungo's scene, especially Neville's parents, that was such an emotional and powerful scene.

[LadyGagadriel]

I just hope they would give some justice to Fleur, who, after Fenrir disfigured Bill, had one of the most badass lines in the whole serie that finally shuts Molly's mouth.

[brickbot.]

An additional note to #10: I would love to see the proper colors get implemented. Everywhere, it's always Blue and silver, but Ravenclaw's colors are actually blue and BRONZE.

[joyunicycle]

I want to see them develop Ginny's character. She seemed like an extra in the movies and when it showed her falling in love with Harry Potter it didn't seem natural.

[erikagholston]

I also want to see Neville's backstory with him visiting his parents in the hospital.

[princessleeah]

For me, the number 1 change we need to see is Dumbledore’s death done RIGHT! Harry was not standing underneath like a coward. He was petrified under the invisibility cloak by Dumbledore himself and knew Dumbledore had actually died when the curse was lifted. For me this was one of the worse character assassinations in the movies. The HP of the books would NEVER have just stood there quietly and done what he was told in a moment like that. I hated how they ruined that scene in the movies.

[Boots]

I want the scene when Harry basically has a nervous breakdown in Dumbledore's office after Sirius is killed. It was such a dramatic moment for Harry to blow up in Dumbledore's face the way he did after so much suffering his 5th year. The movie version of it was pitiful to me, just them two talking quietly.

[Venxusz]

I feel like HBO should actually watch all the povs of the potterheads on social media cuz they have come up with so many amazing ideas. Morgan just completely truly understands this series and knows what we actually want to see

[Slicey]

One small thing that I think would make a big difference is how frightened most wizards are of hearing Voldemort’s name. We never really see anyone flinch when Harry says it in the movie, but almost every person in the books wince every time they hear it, and Ron is constantly asking Harry to stop saying the name

[alexwilks]

These are all not only 100% valid, but also 100% necessary. This series has the opportunity to give the book reading fans the chance to see what they read truly come to life

[greengirlbc]

Getting the eye color uniform with Harry and Lily is a MUST! It is a key component of the entire plot of the series!
Also, I want to see all of Fred and George’s antics. They add so much fun and humor to the series. I love when they make an entire area a swamp during Umbridge’s time as headmistress and Filch has to row students across to get to class.😂

[gojoSBestie]

Regulas deserves an entire episode, he was truely a hero, and its kills me to see how no one knew what he did and sacrificed especially Serius.

[gcc]

All great ideas! Don’t forget:
🔸Sirius’s mirror, a huge part of the Malfoy Manor rescue in DH
🔸Harry/Ginny’s first kiss done right… in the aftermath of Ginny winning the Quidditch cup vs. Cho
🔸More Dean, more Seamus, way more Neville
🔸Harry & 7th year Oliver Wood win their 1st Cup vs. Slytherin in POA
🔸All 3 Gryffindor Quidditch matches in POA better be featured!
🔸Golden trio random interactions with Hufflepuff & Ravenclaw classmates in their year
🔸Ludo Bagman
🔸Winky & SPEW
🔸ALL the challenges within the Maze at the Triwizard tourney
🔸ALL the professor challenges in PS- Snape’s potions test of logic etc.
🔸Barty Jr. receiving Dementor’s Kiss
🔸Cho/Harry disaster Valentine’s date
🔸Marietta can be developed as somewhat of a sneak BEFORE OOTP
🔸Marietta (not Cho) betrays the DA
🔸Luna gets air time at least in the background BEFORE OOTP
🔸Ms. Figg & others developed as characters BEFORE they become relevant to the plot
🔸Department of Mysteries OOTP scenes explored properly
🔸Firenze teaching divination
🔸Dumbledore speaks calmly the entire time
🔸Harry has enough of Dumbledore at the end of OOTP & tears up his possessions
🔸Lupin’s bribe & interactions with Tonks BEFORE they’re a couple
🔸Mads Mikkelsen makes a Grindelwald-in-jail cameo in DH
🔸Final HP-Voldy duel at the Battle of Hogwarts takes place in the Great Hall with the crowd. Voldy dies a “natural death” & falls like any other mortal- that was a big theme in the books, totally ignored in the movie

[nssportstv]

1. More Quidditch matches
2. The Weasley is coming to pick up Harry from the Dursley’s in the Goblet of Fire.
3. The entirety of the Quidditch World Cup
4. Petunia and Dudley getting a redemption
5. More book accurate representations of the characters
6. The meeting between Cornelius Fudge and Muggle Prime Minister John Major, in the opening moments of The Half Blood Prince.

[denisesevierfries]

**It always chaffed my cheeks that, in the movie, they didn't have Dumbledore incapacitate Harry with a temporary spell in the tower behind the door before Snape killed him. He KNEW Harry would try to save him so he had to silence him. In the movie...Harry just stands there looking weak and stupid, not lifting a finger to help. The book version makes so much more sense. Hopefully HBO will correct that.

[jovanym]

I want Percy’s arc . It was really heartbreaking watching him reject his mom