What if Harry Never Went to Hogwarts?

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What if Harry Never Went to Hogwarts?

Postby Meg Boyd » Tuesday 15 July 2003 3:17:38pm

hmmm....lets see, what if Harry never ever got his letter for hogwarts way back at age 11? I doubt this would ever happen, but hey??? What if...how would the wizarding world be effected by Harry's omision from the school? Share you thoughts if this has ever entered your mind...
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Postby Ju-DedoH » Tuesday 15 July 2003 5:00:18pm

hey that would imply that the dursleys were able to stop hagrid from seeing harry, powerful !! any way, if they did, some weird things would happen in privet drive, cos' harry's powers would grow, and he wouldn't be able to control them i suppose ... he'd maybe call out to some snakes to come and visit the dursley's without knowing it, that could be fun ...
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Postby Friar Tuck » Tuesday 15 July 2003 5:48:05pm

Yes, that could be interesting.
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Postby Meg Boyd » Wednesday 16 July 2003 5:16:24pm

i was just thinking, I mean, with out Harry do you think Lord Voldemort would have gained power again sooner??? I do you think he'd get the P. Stone or would Quirrell be twarted by lets say Neville or something or would he had ever gotten the stone???? Would Sirius of gotten kissed by the dementors in PoA???
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I think

Postby Lolita Banana » Saturday 19 July 2003 10:55:47pm

If Harry never went to Hogwarts he would be protected from Voldemort. However the wizarding world would not be. So if Harry had never went to school there wouldn't be that wizarding world and Harry wouldn't be able to protect himself either. Voldemort would overtake the muggle world too.
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Postby Blaise Zabini » Tuesday 22 July 2003 7:18:41am

For one, "Harry Potter and the Flowerpot on the Corner of Privet Drive" isn't as compelling a title as the current ones, that's for sure.

And, definitely, the wizarding world would have been greatly altered were Harry to not enter it. Though we haven't seen his full power or the eventual role he's to play in all of this, Harry undoubtedly has his place in the wizarding world, and if that space were to remain unoccupied, the entire wizarding world would suffer as a result.
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Postby HuffleDuck » Saturday 26 July 2003 8:18:31am

hehe, if harry didn't go to Hogwart, there would be much of a story to tell anymore or adventures to explore and secrets to be discovered. :P
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Postby Devinci » Saturday 26 July 2003 8:46:34pm

If Harry Never went to the big HG...the stories would have been kinda...bland don't ya think?

Harry Potter and the Walk Down the Street
Harry Potter and the Cup of Tabasco Sauce
Harry Potter and the Math Test

Actually...I'm beginning to like the idea....

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Postby Ju-DedoH » Sunday 27 July 2003 1:52:36pm

well I think this section is more about trying to imagine what would happen rather than if would it be more interesting than the original (I think we would be pretty good if we could imagine a better story ...)
but anyway, if he didn't go to hogwart's, I believe it could have been more of a single hero story, because he would end up fighting VD on his own ... could he do that ?
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Postby zledm007 » Sunday 27 July 2003 7:00:05pm

i don't think he could do it on his own. so far in the books he's always had someone there helping him in some way or another. but that raises up another question, would he have found some other people to help him instead of ron and hermione? i think he would've because taking on voldy alone, especially w/out hogwarts training would be nearly if not completely impossible. who they would've been, i don't know. perhaps someone we have met in the harry potter series as it is. DD, the weasley's. the dursley's perhaps, or maybe someone we haven't seen, someone new completely. if they were to be new characters, what kind of people would they be? or would they be people at all? a few more things to ponder..
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Postby Ju-DedoH » Sunday 27 July 2003 7:40:39pm

he would have learned "what" he is sooner or later i think, and probably would have met a magician, who would have trained him, since the name harry potter is not unknown in the wizarding world ... so then he could have ended up trained by a bad wizard (ooooh) or maybe even sirius who would have found him there and would have hidden himself as snufles with him maybe ????
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Postby Hagrid's girl » Wednesday 31 May 2006 3:26:16pm

I think the truth would have been let slip. Harry would have discovered that he was a wizard and then would have left the Dursley's to see how he could become a wizard
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Postby SilverShadow » Wednesday 8 November 2006 9:26:49am

If he didn't go to Hogwarts he would be an easy target for Voldimort and the Death Eaters, and Ginny would have died in the second, and lots of bad things would happen
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Postby Simatra » Friday 10 November 2006 8:37:50pm

He would've died. (short, and sweet :-) )
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Re: What if Harry Never Went to Hogwarts?

Postby magicboy » Monday 18 August 2008 12:50:37pm

i reckon if harry did not go to hogwarts then i think durmstrang would snap him up.
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