Harry Potter characters look right at home as Vikings in a new batch of AI art. The first Harry Potter movie hit screens in 2001, introducing audiences to Daniel Radcliffe’s Harry, Rupert Grint’s Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson’s Hermione Granger. The trio meet a wide variety of characters over the course of the subsequent seven films, which, in keeping with author J.K. Rowling’s novels, all take place during the 1990s.
A new batch of AI-generated images shared by AI Dreams on Instagram imagines what the Harry Potter cast of characters would look like if they were Vikings that lived hundreds of years ago. Check out the art below:
In order from left to right, the carousel of images features Viking versions of Draco Malfoy, Hagrid, Luna Lovegood, Harry, Ginny Weasley, Ron, Hermione, Bellatrix Lestrange, Severus Snape, and a Dementor. For the most part, all the characters look right at home as Vikings, especially Hagrid, though the Dementor also looks particularly creepy.
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Would Harry Potter Work In Any Time Period?
Some Settings Are Better Than Others For Harry’s Story
There’s an undeniable charm to the world of Harry Potter, and much of this comes from the time period in which it is set. While the movies, in many ways, don’t lean into their ’90s setting, which helps to give them a timeless quality, there are some reminders that Harry’s story doesn’t take place in the present. For example, in addition to the fashion senses of the lead characters, there are no cellphones featured in the story, and the movies feel distinctly pre-digital.
If the Harry Potter saga took place in the 2020s, it’s hard to imagine social media not playing some kind of role. This could ultimately detract from the cozy, whimsical, and somewhat old-fashioned atmosphere that the early films so effectively created. Setting Harry Potter in the present, then, might distinctly change some of the movies’ core ingredients. It’s not difficult, however, to imagine a version of the franchise set further in the past.
While a Viking or medieval take on the franchise would also probably feel quite unrecognizable, a Harry Potter set in the 19th or early 20th century could certainly work. A recent video game, Hogwarts Legacy, actually takes place in 1890, and this setting works surprisingly well for the story. The Fantastic Beasts movies, too, despite not all being well received, feature an interesting 1930s setting. With the announced Harry Potter TV show set to directly adapt Rowling’s novels, however, it seems like the franchise will be once again returning to the ’90s.
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Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a multimedia franchise about an orphaned boy who enrolls at Hogwarts School of Wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family, and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world. Adapted from the novels, Harry Potter is an eight-episode film saga that follows the journey of Harry Potter and his friends, Hermoine Granger and Ron Weasley, as they navigate the tricky world of growing up, school life, and magic. Starting from year one and moving to their seventh year, the films chronicle the students’ time at Hogwarts while unfurling a sinister plot that centers around the unsuspecting Harry. With the return of the dark wizard, Voldemort, the students and professors at Hogwarts will fight to carry on as the world around them may change forever. Harry Potter has expanded beyond the world of its films and novels with several video games, a spin-off film series titled Fantastic Beasts, and even attractions at Universal Studios.
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J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
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Harry Potter
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Daniel Radcliffe
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, Rupert Grint
, Tom Felton
, Alan Rickman
, Matthew Lewis
, Bonnie Wright
, Evanna Lynch
, Maggie Smith
, Michael Gambon
, Richard Harris
, Ralph Fiennes
, Helena Bonham Carter
, Alfred Enoch
, Harry Melling
, Gary Oldman
, Robert Pattinson
, Warwick Davis
, Oliver Phelps
, James Phelps
, David Bradley
, David Thewlis
, Katie Leung
, Jason Isaacs
, Imelda Staunton
, David Tennant
, Jamie Campbell Bower
, Timothy Spall
, Robbie Coltrane
, Eddie Redmayne
, Jude Law
, Katherine Waterston
, Ezra Miller
, Dan Fogler
, Alison Sudol
, Johnny Depp
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Harry Potter
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Harry Potter
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, Dobby the House Elf
, Draco Malfoy
, Sirius Black
, Ginny Weasley
, Voldemort
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