Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: 12 HUGE Changes To The Battle Of Hogwarts

This is one change that many would argue should have actually existed in the book to begin with.

In book Harry Potter lore, Neville becomes the Herbology teacher at Hogwarts and lives with his wife: fellow student Hannah Abbott; a student whom he never directly interacted with in the books at all and has a tiny role in the films. Luna grows up to marry Rolf Scamander - son of the Fantastic Beasts series' protagonist Newt Scamander - and the two travel the world looking for magical creatures with their twin sons.

The film indicates a different fate for these two characters, as Neville stops mid-battle to tell Harry he's going to proclaim his love to Luna, and the post-battle scene sees Luna approach Neville and sit beside him, sharing a small smile in a moment of peace. While we never see Neville exclaim his love, it's likely that this later scene reunites the two in romance rather than friendship.

While a criticism of the book series has been how unlikely it is that so many Hogwarts teenage student pairings would end up in marriage and kids, if Neville's going to marry a side character from his school days anyway, it might as well be Luna instead. The two have a very close friendship - as seen in a beautiful scene not shown in Deathly Hallows Part 1 where Harry discovers portraits Luna had painted of their friendship group - and it's a pretty good pairing that the film decides to introduce.

Matthew Lewis - the actor who portrayed Neville - referred to it as being a "summer fling" before marrying Hannah and Rolf, but still, this pairing makes so much sense.