Half Blood Prince...

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I like how the "Love Potion" is essentially just a date rape drug that can apparently be bought and sold legally by minors in the potterverse, that feels way more fucked up that it is presented as

Hell, about the love potion, Voldemort's mother LITERALLY used a love potion on his father. The world's greatest dark wizard is the result of a love potion. You'd think that would cause people to look at it and go "yeah maybe this shouldn't be allowed"

In the books, Ron was the member of the group who was most knowledgeable about the wizarding world since he actually grew up in it. The movies decided to make Hermione the expert on everything and turn Ron into comic relief.

Can't believe you skipped over McGonagall's line "and take Weasley with you, he looks far too happy" as the reasoning for why he got sent to the potions classes too.

About Ron's personality, yeah the movies did him dirty by continually Flanderizing his character. If you pay attention, the books are actually mystery novels set in a fantasy world. Harry is the detective who gets the puzzle to click, Hermione is the book-smart heart of the trio who supplies trivial knowledge, and Ron is the street-smart lancer who knows all the right contacts. Ron is able to make connections that escape Harry and Hermione because he was raised in a wizard household, and since his dad works in the Ministry he knows all the juicy rumors floating around the wizarding community. The movies gave all his "aha!" moments to Hermione to make her the archetypal smart character, and reduced Ron to the loyal dumb muscle.

Alex finding out that Hardin played young Voldemort was the funniest shit I've seen all day.

This book is one of my favorites of the series

The love potion thing gets worse. Children born from relationships that were caused by a love potion are born unable to feel love, the only example I know ofis good old Voldemort

Snape calls himself "The Half-Blood Prince" because he's a half-blood, and his mom's maiden name is prince, a pureblood family

Harry being under the influence of Felix Felicis is one of my favorite parts of all the movies, mostly because it's one of the only times Harry has a personality.

If you think about it, is insane how much stuff they have to cram into two hours or so in the later Harry Potter movies. The sixth book had the origin of Voldemort, the plot to kill Dumbledore, the clout-chasing shennanigans of Slughorn, Ron's love life, the mystery of what the deal is with the Half-Blood Prince, the side-quests with the liquid luck, the other side-quest to get Salazar Slytheryn's necklace. I was watching the runtime of Alex video and thinking "Damn! We're at the 15-minute mark and there's still three more climaxes before the movie ends"

It IS interesting love potions are treated as lighthearted amongst the kids despite the fact that a love potion is low key responsible for Voldemort existing and becoming Voldemort

The best scene from half blood prince book. “Pathetic, Weasley,” said Snape, after a while. “Here — let me show you —” He turned his wand on Harry so fast that Harry reacted instinctively; all thought of nonverbal spells forgotten, he yelled, “Protego!” His Shield Charm was so strong Snape was knocked off-balance and hit a desk. The whole class had looked around and now watched as Snape righted himself, scowling. “Do you remember me telling you we are practicing nonverbal spells, Potter?” “Yes,” said Harry stiffly. “Yes, sir.” “There’s no need to call me ‘sir,’ Professor.” The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying. Several people gasped, including Hermione. Behind Snape, however, Ron, Dean, and Seamus grinned appreciatively.

"So Harry follows Malfoy into the bathroom and have a magic shootout right there." I am sure, that sentence is like the synopsis of some fanfiction.

In the books Luna is way more crazy. She believes Sirius Black is not a murderer but a lead singer in a band. Also one time her father blows up their house cause he thought the explosive skull they had in the house wasn’t dangerous.

The luck potion doesn't actually work the way it's described. It just makes the drinker more confident, like alcohol but without the stumbling and slurring. Also, the drinker can build a tolerance to it if consumed frequently. But also, can still die and when you're too confident, you put yourself in danger more often. And no, Rowling didn't retcon it on Twitter. Dumbledore explains this in the book.

I’ve always loved how Dumbledore got a hold of knitting patterns but we never saw him indulging in a bit of knitting. Edit: I was not expecting the likes so thank you! Also, love the conversation in the replies.

I like to imagine that Snape just looks at the destruction Bellatrix caused, sighs, and then just waves his hand to fix everything and tells her not to do it again.

Philosopher’s Stone: The Year Everyone Was A Baby Chamber Of Secrets: The Year Everyone Hit Their Growth Spurt Prisoner Of Azkaban: The Year Everyone Got REALLY Hot Goblet Of Fire: The Year Everyone Needed A Haircut Order Of The Phoenix: The Year Everyone Got A Haircut Half Blood Prince: The Year Everyone Had A Crush Deathly Hallows: The Year Everyone Stopped Playing Around