Harry Potter

KENT, Ohio — Downtown Kent will transform into a Potterhead's paradise this summer as the Wizardly World of Kent. Mischief will be managed on July 28 and 29 ...

Wizardly World's annual event began in 2016 in honor of the release of The Cursed Child. The event will feature a costume contest, special menus at local restaurants, a 5 3/4 fun run, and more. KENT, Ohio — Downtown Kent will transform into a Potterhead's paradise this summer as the Wizardly World of Kent.

The Pensieve was a useful device in Harry Potter that showed the Wizarding World's past, but the movie cut most of these moments, altering the story.

The Dark Lord's purpose in the castle had always been to hide his Horcrux, Ravenclaw's diadem, in the Room of Requirement, where Harry would find it years later in Harry Potter. Harry's final trip into the Pensieve was included in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 movie, but only a few of Severus Snape's memories were featured. However, it had extraordinary significance in the book, not just because of the DADA curse reveal, but because it gave Harry a hint at a location of a Horcrux in Deathly Hallows. The teenage Tom Riddle had discovered the identity of his mother's family but was disappointed when he went looking and found only Morfin living in the abandoned hovel that was his home. Incidentally, this was the house of the Riddle family, whom Voldemort had murdered when he was in school. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Voldemort lured Harry to the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic so that Harry could retrieve a prophecy. Harry knew from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets that one of Voldemort's first murders had been Myrtle Warren (Moaning Myrtle). It was a cruel way to have been conceived, which helped Harry understand the loveless way Voldemort had come into the world in Harry Potter. Dressed in rags and covered in dirt, she sold to Burke the only thing she owned of value, Slytherin's locket. In the movie, the headmaster wanted his student to see the first moment he met the Dark Lord as a child and reveal that, even in school, Voldemort had been searching for a solution to mortality in the Horcruxes. Harry still dove into the Pensieve, a device used to view memories firsthand, a handful of times in the Harry Potter movies. [Harry Potter](http://screenrant.com/tag/harry-potter/) books, but most of these moments were cut from the films.

Rowling's gender beliefs, which have been routinely criticized for being anti-transgender. Lynch starred in the “Harry Potter” film franchise as the quirky Luna ...

“And so seeing them hurt on that day I was like, I wanted them to know that not everybody in the franchise felt that way. The author is the subject of the recently launched podcast series “The Witch Trials of J.K. Everybody carries their own history of trauma and forms their opinions from that trauma and you have to respect where people come from and their pain. [Evanna Lynch](https://variety.com/t/evanna-lynch/) is the latest “ [Harry Potter](https://variety.com/t/harry-potter/)” star to comment on the ongoing controversy regarding author and franchise creator [J.K. I do wish people would just give her more grace and listen to her.” I know what it was like to be a teenager who hated my body so much I wanted to crawl out of my skin, so I have great compassion for trans people and I don’t want to add to their pain.” The actor said “it’s irresponsible to discuss such a delicate topic” as transgender rights on Twitter and “I wish [Rowling] wouldn’t,” but she added, “That said, as a friend and admirer of Jo I can’t forget what a generous and loving person she is.” The two first linked up long before Lynch joined the “Harry Potter” movies. “I do also think it’s important that J.K. The author responded and sent Lynch “incredible, wise letters” while she was in recovery. I do have compassion for both sides of the argument. Lynch starred in the “Harry Potter” film franchise as the quirky Luna Lovegood.

Edinburgh-based author JK Rowling claims fans “hounded” her for her opinions.

In 2020, the author took to Twitter to say she took issue with the term “people who menstruate” being used instead of “women”. I’m clearly an idiot who doesn’t know anything. I’m not familiar in that room.

I just felt that her character has always been to advocate for the most vulnerable members of society. The problem is that there's a disagreement over who's ...

[if Rowling is involved](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/11/more-harry-potter-may-only-happen-if-jk-rowling-is-involved), according to Warner Bros. [a blog post](https://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/daniel-radcliffe-responds-to-j-k-rowlings-tweets-on-gender-identity/) for LGBTQ+ advocacy group the Trevor Project, condemning Rowling’s views. And that was really important.” Emma Watson and Rupert Grint have [similarly denounced](https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/emma-watson-rupert-grint-on-j-k-rowling-anti-trans-comments.html) Rowling’s remarks. [Gloria Swanson’s Legendary Memoir](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/02/wayne-lawson-on-ghostwriting-gloria-swanson?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-022723) [The American West](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/new-right-civil-war?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-022723) The actor said that Rowling was very supportive when Lynch was recovering from anorexia, before continuing to praise the author. I do have compassion for both sides of the argument. “I just felt that her character has always been to advocate for the most vulnerable members of society. “I had this impulse to go, ‘Let’s all just stop talking about it,’ and I think probably I’m a bit braver now about having uncomfortable conversations.” I know what it was like to be a teenager who hated my body so much I wanted to crawl out of my skin, so I have great compassion for trans people and I don’t want to add to their pain.” Lynch, who previously defended Rowling as a “generous and loving person” in a since-deleted Twitter thread in 2020, now says she was “very naive when I was dragged into that conversation,” telling the outlet, “I didn’t even know there were two sides. But Evanna Lynch, who starred as Luna Lovegood in the film franchise, has taken another approach.

Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood in the 'Harry Potter' movies, said, 'I have great compassion for trans people, and I don't want to add to their pain'

She added of feeling conflicted at the time, "It's an upsetting topic." [each spoke out against Rowling's much-criticized remarks](https://people.com/movies/rupert-grint-speaks-out-after-jk-rowling-essay/) regarding the transgender community. Reflecting on the dark period of her life, Lynch added that Rowling's "books and her kindness really made me want to live again." Oh, you could have been beloved forever, but you chose to say this.' And I think, 'You could not have misunderstood me more profoundly.' " "According to The Trevor Project, 78 percent of transgender and nonbinary youth reported being the subject of discrimination due to their gender identity," he added. [and said in since-deleted tweets](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/06/evanna-lynch-jk-rowling-transphobic-tweets) that "as a friend and admirer of [Rowling] I can't forget what a generous and loving person she is…she is still fighting for vulnerable people. [appeared to support anti-transgender sentiments](https://people.com/movies/jk-rowling-slammed-for-anti-transgender-comments/) in a series of tweets. However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal and what has interested me over the last 10 years and certainly the last few years, the last two, three years, particularly on social media … I disagree with her opinion that cis-women are the most vulnerable minority in this situation and I think she's on the wrong side of this debate. I do wish people would just give her more grace and listen to her." I had a view of, like, 'good and bad.' I do have compassion for both sides of the argument. Rowling](https://people.com/tag/jk-rowling/)'s controversial views on gender.

JK Rowling joined a Harry Potter forum under a fake name, but quickly left after being told she 'doesn't know anything' about the books she wrote.

Games wants to make Hogwarts Legacy a long-term franchise](/technology/warner-bros-games-hogwarts-legacy-longterm-franchise-106911-20230224) [JK Rowling says her royalty cheques help her sleep after she's asked about losing fans](/celebrity/jk-rowling-royalty-cheques-sleep-response-20221014) She said: "I left. [including the actors who appeared in the hugely popular film adaptations of her books](https://www.unilad.com/celebrity/luna-lovegood-actress-backlash-rowling-377950-20230302). [she didn't care whether her comments about the transgender community had tarnished her legacy](https://www.unilad.com/celebrity/jk-rowling-says-she-doesnt-care-that-her-legacy-is-ruined-760975-20230222) as she doesn't really think about it. [Rowling](https://www.unilad.com/jk-rowling) said she picked 'a random name that was not a Potter-related name' so as not to give her identity away and decided to test the waters with a 'very bland' opinion about [Harry Potter](https://www.unilad.com/film-and-tv). [Harry Potter](https://www.unilad.com/harry-potter) than the person who wrote the books, but according to JK Rowling an internet forum she joined didn't like what she had to say.

HARRY POTTER: Luna Lovegood Actress Evanna Lynch Becomes Latest Cast Member To Defend Author J.K. Rowling. Despite quickly being derided by some key Harry ...

The problem is that there’s a disagreement over who’s the most vulnerable." I do also think it’s important that JK Rowling has been amplifying the voices of de-transitioners." "I was very naive when I was dragged into that conversation," Lynch said of her 2020 Tweets.