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But in the case of Voldemort’s secret spawn, some fans are calling bullshit. It’s a classic Rowling twist: new, earth-shattering information woven into a pre-existing narrative, like a crucial puzzle piece you never realized was missing. The “how” of her existence is a little bit murkier.ĭelphi explains to Harry-as-Voldemort that she was born inside Malfoy Manor “before the Battle of Hogwarts.” It was Bellatrix’s husband, Rodolphus Lestrange, who filled Delphi in on her true parentage upon his return from Azkaban and told her about the resurrection prophecy he believed she’d fulfill. As she confesses to a “Voldemort” who is really Harry in Transfigured disguise, “I have devoted my life to being a child you could be proud of.” She spent years in isolation from the Wizarding World then, all at once, became aware of her own destiny-a lot like Harry when he was young. That’s the “why” of Delphi, the play’s titular Cursed Child. If he’d never cursed Harry, Delphi figures, Voldemort would have only grown in power-and the world would still be consumed by darkness. When that doesn’t work, she goes straight to the source of Voldemort’s downfall: Godric’s Hollow 1981, where Harry’s parents died to save him and where the strength of his mother’s love created a charm powerful enough to send the Dark Lord underground for 10 years. And there’s a fascinating alternate reality in which Harry dies, Voldemort takes over the world, and Severus Snape survives-all of which hinges on the humiliation of…Cedric Diggory? There’s Time-Turning, in part thanks to a secret stash of Dark Magic memorabilia Draco Malfoy never thought to tell anyone about until just now. Then there are the more questionable elements: Ron Weasley bizarrely gifts a love potion (aka the Wizarding World equivalent to a roofie) to his teenage nephew, Albus. The moment is baffling, bonkers, and frankly glorious. Some of it is so deranged it’s almost transcendent: the Trolley Witch, for instance, morphs into a terrifying monster with spiky hands who hurls pumpkin pasty grenades at children atop the Hogwarts Express.
#Harry potter and the cursed child book inside series#
Everything the series is famous for, revived and distilled into a fun and captivating-if slightly sacrilegious to Potter purists-two-part play. It’s packed with prophecies, tragedies, hairpin plot turns, riddles, magic, and explosive revelations. Rowling’s beloved epic about the Boy Who Lived, is spellbinding in the best, most familiar of Potter ways and also completely fucking bananas in some of the worst. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the eighth story in J.K. (Warning: there are spoilers ahead for Cursed Child Parts One and Two!)