Hilarious Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Scene That Aged Into Nothing But Tragedy
Why does Harry Potter need to make even the goofiest moments this tragic?
If you needed your day ruined by yet another unnecessarily heart-wrenching Harry Potter detail, then we are about to ruin it with just one on-point Reddit observation.
Remember when in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Fred and George Weasley tried to trick Dumbledore's age barrier and put their names in the Goblet of Fire to participate in the Triwizard tournament?
In order to do that, they took an ageing potion — which had them turning old and grey-haired but never actually fooled the Goblet. It was a goofy and fun moment that many Harry Potter fans praise as one of the most heartwarming in the series. Well...
As noted by Redditor MuggleNet, this was the only and last time when the twins would see each other age past twenty. There, we ruined it for you.
In Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling killed one of the most favorite characters in the entire franchise — Fred Weasley, making George the only Weasley twin to survive the Battle of Hogwarts.
To be fair, some people still treat Fred's death like they treat Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which is pretending it doesn't exist at all. Fred's demise was one of the most traumatic events for the Harry Potter fandom — and some fans choose violence and offer tragic takes to make it even worse, apparently.
According to Rowling herself, Fred's death was the worst for her to write, and she even apologized to fans for killing him off back in 2015, on one of the Battle of Hogwarts anniversaries.