General Discussion

Fenrir Greyback is an absolutely fascinating character and I would have loved to see how far his war could of gotten if the death eaters didn't exist.

I mean, his plan is pretty freaking brilliant. Not only is it relatively easy to infect people, but also so easy for them to feel hated enough by society to join his pack. Second, he (and I can assume other werewolves who act like him) have a major advantage over most wizards because they can do physical combat. It's like the 21 foot rule with knives and guns; sometimes the long distance weapon is at a disadvantage, and modern wizards are too proud to use swords anymore so they're screwed when it comes to close combat fighting.

I'm not saying I agree with his revolution before anyone accuses me of that, I would just love to see it go into action. This dude is named after the doomsday wolf that ate Odin, I'm pretty sure if he didn't try to hitch a ride off of Voldemort's war he could of caused serious damage, but that stint just stunted and ultimately ended his cause.

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Another unpopular opinion is that I freaking adore the alchemical symbolism in these books. It's only unpopular because a lot of it isn't so obvious, I doubt it'd be controversial lol. My absolute favorite bit is that Harry is a Leo, which is ruled by the sun/sol, which is associated with gold in alchemy (all metals have planetary associations in alchemy, but Mercury with quicksilver is the only one that really stuck), and Voldemort is A Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, which is associated with lead.

The goal of alchemy is of course, in simple terms, to turn lead into gold. But it's far more of a metaphysical journey, lead being the bottom of moral development and gold being the height. So it's another great foil between them that I really appreciate.

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I literally don't care about any of the kids. The Golden Trio, or anyone else in that age range. I also don't care about anyone in The Marauder's year either. I think the youngest charter I care about is Bellatrix, my all time fav. Luckily I'm morbidly fascinated with Albus and am fascinated with the idea of Gellert I have in my head, so this movie series is gonna be my ****.

How could I forget! Okay, one more, and this one is definitely unpopular:
Bellatrix would have made a damn fine Gryffindor.

• Bravery. She was completely calm in the face of being tortured in Azkaban.
  
• Nerve. See above (I loved the scene of her trial so ******* much), and that she was honestly disappointed when Harry's Cruciatus didn't work on her. That's nerve.
  
• Courage. See both above bullet points quite frankly. That and she never actually lost her will in Azkaban. She was probably the most courageous martyr in the entire series.
  
• Chivalry. Chivalry is more than just honor. Medieval knights' chivalry was in large part about the knight's loyalty to their feudal lord and religious Lord. Being a loyal servant and warrior was a huge part of Chivalry, and Bellatrix is nothing is not loyal. Prowess in combat was another huge part of Medieval chivalry, and Bellatrix certainly has that in the bag.
  
• Daring. There's the whole brazen boldness in the face of Azkaban, both on here way in and during her time, and the fact she's always eager to fight. But let's not forget this chick beings knives to wand fights. She's daring as hell.

Also worth noting, not only does she exhibit these traits, but she absolutely values them. She hated Severus for his disloyalty, which she only suspected. Plus I think we can assume she hated the death eaters who lied their way out of jail as much as Barty Jr did, if not more lol.