raised a question for me    During the Chamber of Secrets while Harry is in Riddle's memory he is described as gliding alongside Riddle, watching whatever Riddle saw (however this not really being the pensieve, riddle might be explicitly directing what Harry could see)     Again, when Harry is in Snape's memory in Order of the Phoenix, it is described that Harry hoped Snape would go out of the exam hall in such a way that his parent's would stay in view, so that he could watch them, because otherwise if Snape went in the wrong direction, he would not see his parent's in the memory either      But then again, in the answer linked in that comment, although the memory is from hokey, when she leaves the room, Harry and Dumbledore do not glide out of the room with her, but instead stay in there and see and hear the events that happened between Riddle and Hepzibah Smith    What is the extent of the pensieve's power for showing the world not seen by the original owner of the memory?
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For example, if I revisit a memory of mine where I'm inside a castle and talking to someone, can the present-me explore different parts of the castle meanwhile the past-me continues her conversation? Is that possible?
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In HP and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry, Ron, and Hermione  by brewing Polyjuice Potion and drugging and impersonating other students, just in order to get into the Slytherin common room and probe Malfoy for information about the Chamber of Secrets.  Is this little adventure ever discovered by Those in Charge (teachers)? Or even by Malfoy?  If so, did they ever get punished? I can't see how they could fairly have avoided it (other than they're the Golden Trio and always do). In the end they don't actually get any useful information, except that Malfoy isn't the culprit. This escapade doesn't help them at all in their eventual discovery of the culprit and destruction of the Basilisk. It was just motivated by their suspicion of Malfoy, which was essentially based on "he's Slytherin and we don't like him" and turned out to be unfounded.  If not, how could it remain undetected? Hermione's skill with Polyjuice Potion is eventually common knowledge ... more importantly, why didn't Crabbe and Goyle run to tell someone when they woke up and found they'd been drugged? Did the topic never come up between Malfoy and the pair of them, with Malfoy realising he'd been talking to impostors? What did they tell Madam Pomfrey about Hermione's semifelinity after her failed attempt to Polyjuice herself into Millicent Bulstrode?
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Why didn't Dumbledore show his memory of Barty Crouch Jr's confession to Cornelius Fudge to confirm his point that Voldemort returned? Wouldn't that just prevent all the mumbo-jumbo happening in the 5th book?
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So has JKR ever mentioned, or is it indicated anywhere in canon why Fawkes did not come to save Dumbledore when he was confronted by Draco and the four other Death Eaters on the Astronomy Tower on that fateful night in Chapter 27 of the Half-Blood Prince?  There are several instances where Fawkes was timely in saving his master and Harry.  I know there's an out-of-universe answer to every question on books (Dumbledore had to die so that Harry can continue on this path alone, albeit aided by Ron and Hermione). I'm not looking for any of that please.  Was Dumbledore simply prepared to die that night?
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My question is straightforward. Does the Sorting Hat speak only to the person wearing it, or to the Great Hall? Did all of the students hear it say,      "Not Slytherin, eh?"   when Harry used it?
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In Goblet of Fire, after the last task why didn't they simply use the pensieve to restore Harry's memory instead of making him relive the events?  Wouldn't this provide valuable evidence to make everyone believe Voldemort is back? It would be easier to make a ‘fellowship' if everyone was aware of what was coming which was clearly what Dumbledore wanted.  So why didn't he use the Pensieve?
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The Weasley twins told Harry that the password to the map was: "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good". But how could THEY have known it? It's not exactly LOTR's Moria door with "12345" level of security&mdash;you do not have a plaintext password hint (or any).
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Harry noted to Dumbledore that he had a number of things in common with Voldemort. And it was later revealed that some of Voldemort's power was transferred to Harry when Voldemort tried to kill him. So, what powers did Harry get from Voldemort (i.e. Parseltongue and others) and did they all leave him when he stopped being a horcrux?    Update In the Chamber of Secrets Dumbledore states that Harry has many qualities that Salazar Slytherin values in his hand picked students. Parseltongue - resourcefulness - determination - a certain disregard for rules.    So, does anyone know what specific powers Harry got from Voldemort and is there anyway to tell if he lost anything else besides Parseltongue?
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I was recently watching the movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  In the beginning you can see Draco Malfoy ripping out a page from a book in the bookstore Flourish and Blotts.  For what reason does he need this page?  I've already heard some theories about helping Hermione and Ron  with the basilisk but this sounds sort of implausible.  Could someone please explain this scene to me? AFAIK it has not been told in the books.  Note: I am searching for canon answers such as quotes from J.K. Rowling.
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It's something that I'm not sure if it was put in the books or was left outside the book for people to guess but... In any moment of the books, during the travel from the train between King Cross and Hogwarts, did they ask or checked the ticket? I remember the scene on first year/book that Hagrid almost forgot to give Harry the ticket, even when he did not tell about the 9 3/4, but I'm not sure if it was mentioned if they really need the ticket.
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Regulus Arcturus Black was a genius who figured out the existence of Voldemort's Horcruxes before anybody else. The question is how? Also which era did he live in? Maybe it happened that he was one of the boys at Slughorn's party when Tom Riddle was told about the Horcruxes? Then he might have overheard...?
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, it was asked, why did Hermione whisper Levicorpus, instead of using it non-verbally. This is in the scene in The Deathly Hallows, where the trio are in the Lestrange Vault, trying to steal Helga Hufflepuff's cup. Harry couldn't reach the cup, so Hermione used the Levicorpus spell.  However, as shown when Harry first used that spell on Ron, and when James used it on Snape, that this particular spell lifts up the target by his ankle. Which would obviously cause the target to swing completely upside down if he is standing up. That's why James used it to embarrass Snape. Of course, then you'd have the difficulties of being upside down.   In the Lestrange Vault, Griphook warned the trio that Geminio and Flagrante curses had been added to everything, so the treasures would burn and multiply if touched. Ron demonstrated this by touching a cup. So subsequently, everyone avoided touching anything as far as possible. Now, Hermione knew that the effect of Levicorpus is to hoist the target up by his ankle, and at the same time, swinging him upside down. As shown in the book, Harry actually did hit something after being yanked up.  So out of all the spells, why did she use Levicorpus, and risk Harry hitting more things? She certainly could have used another spell, like Wingardium Leviosa. After all, she had mastered the spell before anyone else in their class. And it would definitely have given her more control of where Harry would move, so he wouldn't have hit anything. Why use Levicorpus and not Wingardium Leviosa?
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During  the crew (now reduced to only Harry and  Hermione) wander through the Forest of Dean when a Patronus in the shape of a doe leads Harry to the frozen lake where he finds the Sword of Godric Gryffindor. Later during the events of  we (and Harry) take a look at the late Prof. Snape's memories and see that it was actually Snape who cast a doe Patronus (supposedly to Harry's aid), much to Dumbledore's surprise, who therefrom deduces a relation to Lily Potter (who Snape was secretly in love with all the years, albeit only unilaterally):     Dumbledore: Lily, after all this time?   Snape: Always.   Which already makes me wonder what Dumbledore was actually surprised about there. Was he simply surprised that Snape still loved Lily or was there anything deeper suggested with this Patronus? Add to this that Harry was a bit confused, too, and asked Dumbledore (or at least his mind-image of him, however you take that scene) about the reason for the related Patronuses, which didn't clear any confusions for me, though:     Harry: Professor, my mother's patronus was a doe, wasn't it? That's the same as professor Snape's. That's curious, don't you think?   Dumbledore: Actually, if I think about it, it doesn't seem curious at all.   So my first question would be, is there any deeper reason why Prof. Snape and Lily Potter both have a doe as Patronus or is it just to express that they've always been what one would call soulmates? And why did the Patronus appear in the Forest of Dean at that moment? Snape's discussion with Dumbledore and his casting of the Patronus occurred way earlier than that (as Dumbledore obviously was still alive, so at maximum during the events of the Half-Blood Prince). If that was implied to have been the same Patronus that appeared at the Forest of Dean (as the montage implies), why/how/where did it wait for so long? Is this just one of those various moments of stuff "magically" appearing when needed (as the Gryffindor Sword and the Room of Requirements use to do) or is there a more elaborate reason the movie just didn't delve into (or am I just too stupid to get it)?
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I just re-watched the scene of Voldemort's death in the Deathly Hallows Part 2 movie. Voldemort and Harry's wands were locked with each other and then Neville killed Nagini. Suddenly, the green and red lights from Harry and Voldemort's spells disappeared. Both Voldemort and Harry noticed that the last Horcrux was no more.  Seeing that, why didn't Voldemort simply escape? He could have later returned with a new set of Horcruxes.
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"You will have to give Voldemort the correct date of Harry's departure from his aunt and uncle's," said Dumbledore. "Not to do so will raise suspicion, when Voldemort believes you so well informed."   Snape had just killed Dumbledore, why would it raise suspicion about the movements of Harry's departure? it would seem likely that once Dumbledore died at the hands of Snape the Order would surely have changed any plans they would have had in place for Harry's exit from Privet Drive?
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In Harry Potter book 4 (Goblet of Fire) Harry's wand 'links' with Voldemort's during their duel, and Voldemort's wand begins 'spitting out' each spell it had cast, in reverse order.  This produces false 'ghosts' of people he had killed with .  In the US printing, James Potter appears, followed by Lily.  If the spell order was supposed to be reversed, why did Harry's father's "ghost" emerge before his mother's, since it's repeatedly stated (before and after) that he died first?
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The map definitely shows people (humans) inside the castle But I remember reading Harry watching Peeves bouncing around in the trophy room and Peeves is not human And I don't remember if I had exactly read it or not, but  says that it shows the ghosts as well So what kind or creatures or beings come under the map's radar? Any living creature? Or humanoids? Or creatures with a significant size or intelligence? Would it show the house elves in the kitchen, centaurs in the forests and the merpeople in the lake as well? What about the giant squid and the thestrals or unicorns? Would it have shown the troll from the Philosopher's stone if they had the map then? What about Quirell/Voldemort? Would he have shown up on the map? And the basilisk from the chamber of secrets (the book)? May be the chamber itself was unplottable but if the map could show the basilisk he would have been visible when he was slithering around in the pipes.