Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. In today’s video,
we’re going to ONCE AGAIN (this is the fourth time I’m saying that now) be discussing
the events that transpired in the Harry Potter universe AFTER the books and films ended.
I have made 3 separate videos on this topic to date, parts 1, 2 and 3- which each cover
10 separate characters and what they got up to post Deathly Hallows. Between those 3 videos
I’ve managed to cover..
Voldemort Neville
Hermione Ron
Harry George
Luna Hagrid
Draco The Dursleys
Umbridge Fudge
Lockhart Flitwick
Filch Ollivander
Kingsley Shacklebolt Pomona Sprout
Arthur / Molly Weasley Percy Weasley
Aberforth Dumbledore Fleur
Seamus Finnigan McGonagall
Narcissa / Lucius Cormac Mclaggen
Grawp Rita Skeeter
Slughorn &
Dean Thomas
Today, I’m going to be continuing that trend and giving you part FOUR of..WHAT HAPPENED
to these 10 characters AFTER the war? I’ll link parts 1, 2 and 3 in the PINNED comment.
The new Fantastic Beasts films, like the Secrets of Dumbledore dropping this month, are giving
us new insights in to the beloved characters of our childhoods, releasing never before
seen information about their backstories. That got me thinking- what happened to these
characters AFTER the story had ended?
Today, we’re going to be taking a closer look.
Charlie Weasley Though Charlie didn’t make an appearance
in the films, he was certainly present for the battle of Hogwarts and survived the battle.
Charlie never married, nor had children, but got to spend his time with his copious siblings,
nieces and nephews. Being an outdoorsy type with an affinity for dragons- Charlie was
more preoccupied with his craft rather than pursuing ladies. Apparently, in the summer
of 2014 nosy journalist Rita Skeeter began to question his prolonged celibacy- something
that was obviously none of her business.
Sybil Trelawney
Sybil Trelawney, Hogwarts Divination Professor, fought valiantly in the Battle of Hogwarts,
bravely protecting her friends,home and livelihood.
"And with a move like a tennis serve, she heaved another enormous crystal sphere from
her bag, waved her wand through the air, and caused the ball to speed across the hall and
smash through a window."
Fortunately, Trelawney survived the battle, and afterwards continued to teach well into
the 2010s, continuing her tradition of predicting the deaths of her students. In the year 2020,
Trelawney published a book entitled ‘My Eyes and How to See Past Them’- a book that
Hermione Granger kept on her shelves in her office at the Ministry of Magic.
Firenze
Firenze was a centaur and part of the Centaur colony located in the Forbidden Forest. Firenze
was also the same centaur that saved Harry in the Philosopher’s Stone. Firenze notably
replaced Trelawney as Divination professor after she was sacked by Umbridge. Though Trelawney
was eventually given her position back at the school, Firenze stayed on and the pair
co-taught the subject.
Firenze was active in fighting back against the Death Eaters during the second wizarding
war, and eventually sustained serious injuries. Shaking and unable to stand by himself, Firenze
was laid on a raised platform in the Great Hall during the second half of the battle.
Fortunately, Firenze was able to survive his injuries- a special thanks to Madam Pomfrey
for that.
After the Battle had ended, Firenze was welcomed back into his centaur colony, where they were
finally forced to acknowledge that Firenze's pro-human leanings were not shameful, but
honourable. Firenze continued to live out his days teaching Divination alongside Trelawney.
Oliver Wood
Oliver Wood attended Hogwarts from 1987 to 1994, and he is most well known for his passion
surrounding the game of Quidditch. During his time at the school, Wood was both Keeper
and Captain of the Gryffindor quidditch team, and was known for his determination and skill
on the field.
Wood graduated from Hogwarts before Harry and many of the other main characters in the
story, and went on to join a professional quidditch team- Puddlemere United- where he
began as a reserve keeper.
However, Wood did eventually return to Hogwarts in 1998 in order to offer his support in the
fight against Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Wood fought valiantly, and also helped to
drag the bodies of the deceased in to the Great Hall.
Fortunately, Wood did survive the battle, and spent the rest of his days playing professional
Quidditch- his true calling.
Madame Maxime
Madame Olympe Maxime was a French witch and headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic.
She was 11 feet 6 inches tall, and a half-giant just like Hagrid. Apart from being enormous
and the headmistress of Beauxbatons, she is perhaps best well known for her relationship
with Hagrid.
Apart from the book’s initial signifiers that the pair were possibly romantically linked,
the relationship isn’t touched on much, and eventually the Goblet of Fire simply ends,
with Maxime departing and heading back to Beauxbatons alone.
This left fans with one big question: what happened with Hagrid and Maxime?
Rowling once addressed Hagrid’s love life in an interview:
“Did Hagrid ever get married and have children?”
“Oh, did Hagrid ever get married and have children? No.
Realistically, Hagrid's pool of potential girlfriends is extremely limited. Because
with the giants killing each other off, the number of giantesses around is infinitesimal
and he met one of the only [ones], and I'm afraid, she thought he was kind of cute, but
she was a little more, how should I put it, sophisticated than Hagrid. So no, bless him.”
It turned out that Maxime simply thought she was too good for Hagrid. It’s certainly
a shame that Maxime was the one that got away, but on the other hand, I think that he was
probably the one that was too good for her. We don’t know much else about Maxime’s
later life, but we do know that she continued on as Headmistress at Beauxbatons.
Bill Weasley Bill Weasley was the FIRST and eldest Weasley
Child. Though Bill survived the war and the copious battles that transpired- he was at
one point severely injured by the notorious werewolf Fenrir Greyback. Fortunately, he
avoided turning in to a werewolf, but it has been expressed that he did develop the tendency
to enjoy very rare steaks. Following the war, Bill and his wife Fleur (who he married in
1997) had three children: Victoire, Dominique, and Louis Weasley.
Pansy Parkinson
Pansy Parkinson was a Slytherin witch in Harry Potter's year at Hogwarts. The Parkinson family
were pure-bloods and members of the Sacred Twenty-Eight- a list of 28 PURE BLOOD wizarding
families. During her time at the school, Pansy was both a prefect and a member of the Inquisitorial
squad.
During the final battle of the Second Wizarding War, Pansy infamously spoke up in favour of
turning Harry Potter over to Lord Voldemort. Her words, however, were not well received
by most of her classmates, who drew their wands upon her in Harry’s defence.
Little is known of what happened to Pansy after the Second Wizarding War or her later
life, but we do know that she fell out of touch with Draco.
J. K. Rowling said in an interview that Pansy didn’t end up marrying Draco because she
always hated her: "I loathe Pansy Parkinson. I don't love Draco but I really dislike her.
She's every girl who ever teased me at school. She's the Anti-Hermione. I loathe her."
Aunt Marge
"Marge" Dursley was an English Muggle and Vernon Dursley's older sister. Marge was an
extremely unpleasant woman, and you may remember one particular visit to the Dursley residence
in which Harry could tolerate no more. After speaking ill of Harry’s parents, Harry’s
magical abilities unintentionally erupted in the form of a non-verbal inflating charm,
which resulted in Marge’s body inflating. This caused her to float upwards towards the
ceiling.
Marge was later ‘punctured’ and had her memory modified by the Accidental Magic Reversal
Squad from the Ministry of Magic. After this incident, the Dursleys never invited Marge
to stay again, and Harry never saw her again.
Patil Twins (Padma / Parvati)
Both Padma and Parvati were active in the Battle of Hogwarts, and neither of them have
been listed among the ‘fallen fifty’ - 50 unknown casualties in the fight against Lord
Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Because of this we know for certain that they survived
the battle. There’s very little information available about their later lives, but we
do know that both kept their Dumbledore’s Army coins, and likely attended the 2014 reunion
of Dumbledore’s army.
Ginny Weasley It probably shouldn’t come as a surprise
to anyone that Ginny ended up marrying the one and only Harry Potter. She was in love
with him for years, and though the films didn’t do a very good job of portraying this relationship,
they were meant to be. The epilogue of the film gives us just a glimpse of the lady that
Ginny would become- where she is seen sending off her children to Hogwarts at platform 9
¾. Harry and Ginny had 3 children - James, Albus and Lily. Immediately after graduating
from Hogwarts, however, it has been reported that Ginny actually became a professional
Quidditch player - going on to play for the Holyhead Harpies. In the years that followed
the Harry Potter series, Rowling provided other clues about Ginny's later life. After
retiring to become a mother- Ginny joined on with the Daily Prophet and became their
official Quidditch correspondent. This position eventually matured and she became the sports
editor for the paper.
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