Harry Potter Moment of the Week is a meme hosted by Uncorked Thoughts. The aim of this meme is to share with fellow bloggers a character, spell, chapter, object or quote from the books/films/J. K. Rowling herself or anything Potter related! A list of upcoming topics can be found here.
This week's topic is:
Best Hogwarts Secret
The best kept secret at Hogwarts is most definitely the Marauders being animagi. No one had a clue. The Marauders were not only unregistered animagi, but no one even fathomed that the three young wizards possessed enough skill to accomplish that kind of magic. Because of this well kept secret, the Marauders were able to help Remus with his werewolf problem, Peter was able to remain in hiding for years, and Sirius was able to escape from Azkaban. If their animagi abilities had ever been revealed, the Harry Potter series would have been completely different.
That's a good one! I didn't even think of that, but it definitely would have taken a lot to keep anyone from ever finding out that secret.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they must have been super careful about no one finding out.
DeleteOh excellent pick ^^ the series WOULD have been completely different if the Marauders hadn't been animagi! and the fact that they did so SO young and kept it completely secret, even from Dumbledore himself, just goes to show how gifted and creative they all were :D
ReplyDeleteLol, Dumbledore not knowing this secret really does show how talented the Marauders were.
DeleteAwesome pick! This didn't even occur to me. I think it was amazing such young students managed to accomplish something so difficult not even most adults were able to.
ReplyDeleteExactly! There are only two other animagi in the series that I can name off the top of my head right now, and one is McGonagall.
DeleteYou're right. It would have been completely different as a story. I love that it showed how intelligent the Marauders really were since it's not an easy feat to become animagus. It was so great of them to work so hard at it for their friend's sake. Great choice! Jaclyn @ JC's Book Haven.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they did it solely to protect Remus, which I think is very sweet.
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