Apparently Harry Potter's infamous scar isn't actually a lightning bolt and wait, what?

It’s been over 20 years since the first Harry Potter book was released, but the fan theories just keep on rolling in.

This time around, the theories are all about the boy-who-lived’s famous lightning bolt scar.

You see, it seems Harry Potter’s scar actually isn’t a lightning bolt.

Twitter account Today Years Old has claimed that the shape of Harry’s iconic scar is no accident at all.

Instead, the shape of the scar of his forehead relates directly to the ‘Avada Kedavra’ spell Voldemort used in an attempt to murder Harry as a child.

According to the Twitter user, the lightning shape scar is incredibly similar to the gesture used by witches and wizards to cast the Avada Kedavra spell.

“Did you know Harry Potter’s scar isn’t a lightning bolt, but actually the hand motion to cast Avada Kedavra,” the Twitter user wrote.

Did you know Harry Potter’s scar isn’t a lightning bolt, but actually the hand motion to cast Avada Kedavra pic.twitter.com/B8ig9dLGFg

— Today Years Old (@todayyearsoldig) January 10, 2019

Um, what.

It’s safe to say that the revelation had a lot of fans freaking out.

This just blew my mind! I just took it that #Harrypotter’s scare is a lightening bolt and not the wand motion to cast the Avada Kedavra curse! Going to have to watch the @HarryPotterFilm again ☺️ ????‍♂️ https://t.co/Np97uj1yuj

— Natasha Reneaux (@natashareneaux) January 15, 2019

Damn. And I thought I was a Harry Potter fan https://t.co/dwuhezgrZp

— Penny Hardaway II (@DionDaDon3) January 15, 2019

Voldemort’s left handed? https://t.co/sKV4t8gGgi

— memz (@memzxyz) January 14, 2019

Trust me, I was today years old. pic.twitter.com/WvkLRRDjNP

— Bratati Mondal (@being_brats) January 15, 2019

Did you know harry potter’s scar is not a lighting bolt but the hand motion to cast avada kadavra ; the killing curse ?

Yeah me neither i just did pic.twitter.com/ClMfmKavbN

— Dodz (@deeofhousestark) January 15, 2019

But while many fans were shocked by the news, others claimed that they had known all along.

also how are people just finding out about harry potter’s scar… that news is old lmao

— AUDRISS • FELICIA (@audrissfelicia) January 15, 2019

Another Twitter user claimed that the scar is a combination of both a lightning bolt and the symbol for the spell’s hand movement.

Either way, we won’t know for sure until J.K Rowling responds to the rumours.

The author regularly responds to fan theories online, so we’ve got our eyes peeled for her response.

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