Love and friendship

Tina Goldstein • Character Porpentina “Tina” Goldstein was a witch who worked as an Auror for the MACUSA in 1920s New York. Tina was temporarily removed from her position as an Auror after attacking a No-Maj who was beating her young adult son. After this incident she was assigned as a Federal Wand… Read More

Sch1: First Scholastic Interview • Source On February 3, 2000, classrooms across America went online to ask J.K. Rowling their burning questions about Harry Potter. Here are some of the most important canon questions and answers from the interview [transcript]: Did you make up the plot in every aspect first by charting the characters and… Read More

Scope and Tragedy of the Thing • Quote “Really gives a feeling for the scope and tragedy of the thing, doesn’t it?”… Read More

Scorpius Malfoy, Albus Potter and Delphi meet at the edge of the Forbidden Forest • Event Scorpius Malfoy joins Albus Potter, who is with Delphi at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Scorpius is suspicious of how well Albus and Delphi are getting on. Only Albus and Scorpius put on the robes from Durmstrang Institute as their disguise for going back… Read More

Scorpius Malfoy pursues Rose; Harry Potter and Albus talk about pasts and futures • Event Scorpius Malfoy comes into a classroom with Albus Potter after asking Rose Granger-Weasley out on a date. She refused, but he thinks she might be a bit friendlier to him than she was before: “I asked her. I planted the acorn. The acorn that will grow into… Read More

Scorpius Malfoy, Severus Snape, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley make plans to change history • Event Scorpius Malfoy goes with Severus Snape to meet Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in a “Campaign Room“, which is hidden underneath the Whomping Willow. At first they are suspicious of him, but Snape insists that Scorpius is “safe” (CC3.6). The changes caused by… Read More

Scorpius Malfoy is shocked and appalled by how his fellow students have embraced evil • Event Scorpius Malfoy meets fellow students Yann Fredericks and Karl Jenkins, and they talk about an appointment with him to “spill some proper Mudblood guts”. He then encounters Polly Chapman, who wants him to take her as his date to the Blood Ball. She also… Read More

Scorpius Malfoy solves the final riddle and he, Albus and Delphi take the Experimental Time-Turner • Event With only Scorpius Malfoy left outside the Weaponised Library, he works under pressure to solve the third and final riddle. This releases Delphi and Albus Potter from inside the bookshelves and reveals the Experimental Time-Turner hidden inside a book (CC1.19). Read More

Scorpius Malfoy tells Severus Snape about a world where Harry Potter wins the Battle of Hogwarts • Event Realising that Severus Snape is alive in this timeline, Scorpius Malfoy rushes to Snape’s office in the dungeons. Scorpius tries to tell him what life is like in a world where Harry Potter won the Battle of Hogwarts. He also finds out the reason for all the changes: … Read More

Scorpius Malfoy visits his father Draco at the Ministry of Magic • Event Scorpius Malfoy goes to the office of his father Draco, who is the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic. They argue and Scorpius accuses Draco of being responsible for the torture of Mudbloods (CC3.3). When Scorpius starts… Read More

🎙️ A Shout-out to Narcissa Malfoy • Article

Posted April 21, 2018 by Eileen Jones in Harry Potter Lexicon Minute

Narcissa Malfoy is a rude and racist witch, but there are several moments in the series that I think show Narcissa’s better side. In Spinner’s End, chapter 2 of Half Blood Prince, Narcissa is desperate to keep her son safe. Despite her sister’s warnings and Voldemort’s instructions to… Read More

Sirius Black is James Potter's best man • Event Sirius is best man when James Potter marries Lily Evans (PA11). Read More

🎙️ The Smell of Love • Article

Posted August 7, 2019 by Selena Gallagher in Harry Potter Lexicon Minute

Love is obviously a powerful theme of the Harry Potter novels, but today I’d just like to talk about the powerful love potion amortentia, and how it induces the smell of what most attracts us. We first encounter amortentia in Slughorn’s classroom during his first potions lesson,… Read More

🎙️ About Snape and Love • Article

Posted March 21, 2018 by Rosie Payne in Canon discussion / Harry Potter Lexicon Minute

Today I wanted to talk about Snape. The “good or evil” Snape debate has rocked the Harry Potter fandom for years, and I know almost everyone has a strong opinion about him one way or the other (so I’m going to try not to ruffle too… Read More

Snape in love? • Quote Q: Will Snape ever fall in love? JKR: Who on earth would want Snape in love with them? That’s a very horrible idea. Read More

Snape's tragedy • Quote Well, that is Snape’s tragedy. Given his time over again he would not have become a Death Eater, but like many insecure, vulnerable people (like Wormtail) he craved membership of something big and powerful, something impressive. He wanted Lily and he wanted Mulciber too. He never really understood Lily’s aversion; he… Read More

snog • Glossary To kiss passionately. Read More

In their son's room with the baby blanket, Harry and Ginny decipher a message from Albus • Event 31 October 2020 Sitting with his old baby blanket and remembering his parents – as he does every year on Hallow’s Eve, Harry Potter is joined by his wife Ginny in Albus’s room. As they look at the blanket, Harry sees the holes that the Love Potion… Read More

Specky, Scrawny Gits • Quote “Well, none of us really fancy it, Harry,” said Fred earnestly.  “Imagine if something went wrong and we were stuck as specky, scrawny gits forever.”… Read More

Statement from the Leaders of the Harry Potter Fan Community • Article

Posted July 1, 2020 by Steve VanderArk in Fandom News / Website news

We at the Lexicon are proud to share this statement alongside other leaders in the Harry Potter fan community: The Harry Potter fandom has been going strong for more than 20 years, and we are so proud to have been there alongside so many,… Read More

Stebbins • Character Stebbins was a Hufflepuff student who once lost his house ten points when he and a girl were chased out of a rosebush by Snape, who was upset after a meeting with Igor Karkaroff (GF23). Read More

We Are Only As Strong As We Are United • Quote “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”… Read More

To Suffer Is As Human As To Breathe • Quote Harry, there is never a perfect answer in this messy, emotional world.  Perfection is beyond the reach of humankind, beyond the reach of magic.  In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again.  Be honest to those you love, show your… Read More

Suffering Proves You Are Still A Man • Quote “Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man!  This pain is part of being human–” “THEN–I–DON’T–WANT–TO–BE–HUMAN!” Harry roared, and he seized one of the delicate silver instruments from the spindle-legged table beside him and flung it across the room. Read More

D'you Really Think They're Suited? Why Hermione is Not the Right Girl for Harry • Article

Posted October 28, 2004 by Angua in Canon discussion / Essays

This essay was written in October 2004, between the publications of Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince. At that point in Potter fandom history, speculation was rampant about who would end up with whom. Friendships were actually broken over arguments of whether Harry would end up with Hermione or with… Read More