If “Harry Potter” were “Harriet Potter,” I think it’s safe to say a lot would be different. Most notably, Snape probably wouldn’t have been so cruel to Harriet, assuming she would look just like his unrequited love, Lily Potter. Also, Draco’s bullying may have taken a different route, focusing more on Harriet’s looks than her skills. I could see Draco yelling something along the lines of “Couldn’t find enough makeup to cover that hideous scar, Potter? Gross.”

We also wouldn’t get to learn as much throughout the series about witches as we may have if Harriet Potter were the main character. It would have been nice to know the differences between the way Muggle women are treated in the Muggle world versus witches in the wizarding world (although the fact that it’s always referred to as the “wizarding world” and not the “witching world” is very telling in itself).