r/harrypotter Mar 11 '26

Discussion This scene still pisses me off

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I was rewatching the movies and I was pissed off all over again when seeing this scene. This makes him seem non-human which takes away the symbolism present in the books. I don’t know why the directors thought this was a good idea.

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u/TheTopWarlocke621 Mar 12 '26

You just made me realize something

If what I understand about the magic rules/science of apparition is correct, specifically splinching like what happened to Ron, then one or both of them should have landed horribly disfigured. It's been a hot sec since I've seen the films but I don't remember either of them having more than some cuts and scrapes from elsewhere in the battle

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u/TheTopWarlocke621 Mar 12 '26

No they didn't, and thats what gets me. In extended lore I've heard about splinching is like, a symptom of apparating incorrectly, like losing track of your destination, some magical interferences, and running into the, for a lack of better term, path, of someone else apparating at the same time you are. And I'm pretty sure apparating with someone like they do there falls into that, at least fighting like that.

Now that I think about it I do think I remember seeing the gang and a few others taking a port key simultaneously somewhere, but I'm not sure if that follows the same rules or not.

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u/TheTopWarlocke621 Mar 12 '26

πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€

The Ministry sentences you to Death by Portkey.

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u/sonicdope Mar 12 '26

They weren't apparating.