10 Craziest Harry Potter Fan Theories
There is no such thing as coincidence, at least not in the world of fan theories.
It might be six long years since the release of the last Harry Potter film and nigh on a decade since J.K. Rowling penned her last Harry Potter book, but that doesn’t mean that fans worldwide aren’t as obsessed as they’ve always been about the boy wizard and his friends (and enemies).
Some Potterheads are so dedicated they’re willing to spend hours, days and perhaps even months over-analysing every page and scene to come up with madcap theories to explain supposed gaps and potential messages hidden deep within Harry Potter lore.
Anyone who has dipped their toe into the weird and wonderful world of fan theories will tell you it can be a wild and wacky ride, with zealot fanatics coming up with everything from reasonably plausible presumptions to PHD-level hypotheses as insane as they are detailed.
These Harry Potter theories fall into the latter category, so brace yourself for some crazy sh*t – metaphorical chess games, Mary Poppins and incest included.
Read on for the 10 Craziest Fan Theories About Harry Potter...
10. Harry Is Immortal
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix we learn about Sybill
Trelawney’s first prophecy, the very prophecy that landed her a job at
Hogwarts, which states of the Dark Lord and The Chosen One that “either must
die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives.”
This is generally interpreted as meaning that either Harry will kill Voldemort or Voldemort will kill Harry, as played out in the Deathly Hallows. But what if Professor Trelawney meant something different when she issued her first prophecy in the Hog’s Head all those years ago?
What if the part about having to die at the hand of the other means that this is the only way either of them can die? Meaning that Harry, having killed Voldemort and therefore his only means of dying, is now immortal and sacrificed his own mortality when he offed the Dark Lord and will live forever and ever while watching all his family and friends die before him.
Mind-blowing and depressing in equal measure.