Big Harry
Potter Fan: check
Big Charmed
Fan: check
What do
both oft hem have in common?! MAGIC! Yes I know it’s a different kind of magic
and the world have more contrasts than similarities. Here they are.
So the
first difference that comes to mind is that all the wizards in Harry Potter use
wands. There are no wands in Charmed. The witches or demons have active powers
like telekinesis, freezing or orbing (withelighters mostly). Phoebe has the power
of premonitions, I guess that’s a similarity between the two worlds, but Phoebe
has to touch things, in Harry Potter they use tea leaves, crystal balls or
other things.
The evil in
the Charmed world are warlocks, demons or the Triade. In Harry Potter it’s Lord
Voldemort and his Death Eaters.
There is a
school of magic in Charmed, but it’s nothing like Hogwarts.
They brew
potions in Charmed, mostly to help their spells vanquishing demons. In Harry
Potter as we all know potions is a subject and when you drink them, something
happens.
In Charmed
they write their own spells, these spells are very powerful, they rime and are
quote long, in comparison with the Harry Potter ones. In Harry Potter they are
like one or two words and you usually need a wand.
Quidditch
is a big sport in flying brooms in Harry Potter. Some witches in Charmed have
the power to fly or should I rather say levitation.
The Charmed
ones have to book of shadows with spells, in Harry Potter they are not
collected in one book, they students learn them in different subjects at
school.
Empathy
allows witches in Charmed feel what others feel. I guess something similar in
the Harry Potter world would be occlumency.
In Charmed
you have all kinds of creatures: Fairys, trolls, banshees, grimlocks, warlocks, vampires, cupids, leprechauns or goblins. That’s also the case in
Harry Potter, there are giants, trolls, dementors or werewolves.
The witches
in Charmed have whitelighters to protect them. That’s something that doesn’t
really exists in Harry Potter, expect for the protection with certain objects.
Whitelighters have the powers to heal, in Harry Potter we have the tear of a
phoenix.
Speaking of
objects, both in Charmed and Harry Potter there are magical objects.
There are
ghosts in both worlds, but in Charmed they are mostly only seen as soon as a
person dies or when they need help from their grandmother. In Harry Potter
certain people become ghosts and are part of the story, but that doesn’t happen
with everyone who dies.
Another
thing that comes to mind is the magical community in Harry Potter, there are
even these only magical places like Hogsmead or Diagon Alley. In Charmed there is
not really something like that. the magical community exists in Charmed, but it's more hidden. They live as normal people or in the underworld. And some are there, but can't be seen, like fairies.
In Harry
Potter there is a ministry of magic and there are a ton of magical jobs.
Phoebe, Piper and Paige all have normal jobs.
Let’s talk
time traveling, it’s happened several times in Charmed, to the past or the
future, my fave example is Chris Halliwell J. In Harry Potter we have the time
turner, which brings you back several hours, but you’re not allowed to be seen.
If you have read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, you might know another way
as well.
There are
so many things, I’m sure I haven’t mentioned them all, but I’m stopping here.
It’s safe to say that I like both kinds of magic.
