Harry Potter
Resistance was useless. The amazing thing is that we haven’t done this before.
Date: March 7, 2006
Categories: The Universe
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Darth Yoda
in March 7th, 2006 @ 18:51fist post
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Darth Yoda
in March 7th, 2006 @ 18:58Avada Kadavra doesnt have to kill you according to moody
And it would be easy to fake DB’s body w/ magic
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Axa
in March 7th, 2006 @ 19:14Oooh.
I’m watching the Goblet of Fire right now.
Cedric.♥
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Zallie
in March 7th, 2006 @ 19:24I’d just like to say that Sirius and Lupin are/were lovers. Thank you for your time.
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Shadowfax
in March 7th, 2006 @ 19:41i’d just like to say that…
DUMBLEDORE IS DEAD
SNAPE IS NOT EVIL
Thank you. You may hold your applause.
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Jessie (The Evil One)
in March 7th, 2006 @ 19:42Why do you say that?
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Shadowfax
in March 7th, 2006 @ 19:42I would ALSO like to say that Dumbledore lied to Harry about the prophecy. There is an enlightening website which I cannot post here
but…Moderators, can I post one website?? It’s appropriate and everything.
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Shadowfax
in March 7th, 2006 @ 19:44By the way, zallie, can you elaborate?
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Zallie
in March 7th, 2006 @ 20:08Well, they give Harry a joint x-mas prezzie, stay together when they’re at Sirius’ and whenever Lupin loses control of his emotions (namely, most of book 3) the subject of discussion is Sirius. It’s all there.
About Snape: IF he was on Voldy’s side, he would have given Voldy the sorceror’s stone in book 1, instead of trying to stop Quirrel, I think.
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Rosanne Spector (Administrator)
in March 7th, 2006 @ 20:13Oh, um, Robert? We DID do this before! On December 29, 2005. Here’s the thread!
It’s good to have a new one though, since that thread was hidden waaaay back in the blog.
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Darth Yoda
in March 7th, 2006 @ 20:15I think he was being sarcastic in the title
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evildude131
in March 7th, 2006 @ 20:19It’s nice to know that there are ACTUAL real people admining this blog, instead of a forum that gets checked over ONCE A WEEK!!!!! (rant about other anamous forum) Ok… Moody said “You all could cast ‘Avada Kedavera’ at me and I wouldn’t get as much as a bloody nose!” implying that you had to be trained and exceptionally willing to kill in order to kill.
Now if snape wasn’t exactly willing to kill, he might have just put Dumbledore unconscius or in a deep coma or something, just not killing him. But the
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Mer
in March 7th, 2006 @ 20:19The books are much better than the movies. The last movie was way too concise.
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Rosanne Spector (Administrator)
in March 7th, 2006 @ 20:20Perhaps, Darth Y. Perhaps. Or he could be suffering from GAPAplexy. It happens to the best of us.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in March 7th, 2006 @ 20:35I’ll never tell.
I will, however, take this opportunity to mention my attempts at Harry Potter / Muse fanfiction: Part One (in which the Muses crash into The Half-Blood Prince) and Part Two (in which Feather has a long talk with Fleur Delacour). One of these days I’ll get around to writing Part Three. Meanwhile, any interested Musers are welcome to continue the story.
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groundhog22
in March 7th, 2006 @ 20:35the last movie was not way too concise! i’m sorry, but i must object! the last movie just had waaay too much cut out of it. if that is what was meant by concise then i offer my sincerest apologies. but i do agree that the books are way better
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Ebeth The Lurker
in March 7th, 2006 @ 20:51Yes groundhog22, that’s what concise is.
the hp books are so not meant to be movies. The movies are all horrible, both telling the plot, and as actual movies.
I love the books though. As for whether snape is evil-what do you mean by “evil”? People aren’t just good or bad. Character people, character. Is moody evil? the real one? he’s killed people. How about crouch? is crabbe evil? he’s just too stupid to know better! Who’s evil and who’s good?
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Zallie
in March 7th, 2006 @ 20:53I’m so pleased to see that everyone agrees with my Lupin/Sirius theory.
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embrace_your_poison
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:00-laughs- Resistance IS useless! But going around shouting things isn’t a very good career. Makes your mum proud though.
…’arry Potter, eh? Well, I just bought the new movie on DVD. What’d eveyone think of it?
As for the Lupin/Sirius thing…eh…’twould be cute, I’m not sure if it’s likely though.
And yes, Dumbledore is dead but Snape is defintely not evil.
…I’ve managed to say nothing useful at all…
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Mer
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:03I should be studying for my math quiz right now.
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Mer
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:04SNAPE IS EVIL
DUMBLEDORE DIED AND IT WAS VERY SAD
HERMIONE AND MALFOY DO NOT BELONG TOGETHER
HARRY POTTER BOOKS ARE AWESOME
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Phoenix
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:08Um, Zallie…
One doesn’t think your theory is plausible, as the HP books are rated, generaly, PG with no homosexuality. Also, Lupin is in love with Tonks.
Finis.
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Zallie
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:24Nah, Lupin didn’t want to marry Tonks, remember? Probably because he was in MOURNING for his dead lover.
Exactly, that’s why the homosexuality is so downplayed.
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emogrl
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:27ok i go away for 2 hrs + come back + theres already a 2nd random thread started plus this one honestly you
newbies!ha. jk its all good.harry potter… alright does anyone else think the series has been kind of going downhill since book 4? + in the 6th book, i just thought that the whole part about dumbledores unwavering trust in snape want relly… supported…if thats the right word. it just seems like dumbledore should have had a better reason to trust the guy so much. + he certainly paid for it … finally.
im predicting that in the last book 9/10 of the characters will die inc harry + then there will be something about his legend living on or @ least something sappy like that in the end of the book. ok, yeah. that was a bit cynical. sry
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evildude131
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:29Yeah you should study for your math test, because otherwise you would fail the “Mostly Harmless” inspection and be evicted from all further “Mostly Harmless” scheming on the muse blog. (or maybe not). But good grades are important. Seriously. I mean it. Don’t trust me? Look up your local urban legend about some kid who failed a quarter of something and became a bus driver hobo… anyways… HARRY POTTER ROCKS.
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Pentatonikk (RRF)
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:29Non. Tonks is in love with Lupin. It never says whether Lupin loves her back, although I suspect yes.
I agree with Mer about Hermione/Draco. It’s one of the most popular pairings, and it makes almost no sense whatsoever. Some f it is well-written and plausible, but the vast majority isn’t.(The same could be said for Sesshoumaru/Kagome in the Inuyasha fandom, but I digress.)
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King George the MMMXXLIII
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:30Snape is not evil? Did I hear (read) you right?
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embrace_your_poison
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:34Actually, Zallie, didn’t Lupin want to marry Tonks at the end of the book?
If he didn’t…heh…that’s a lot of interpretation, but it really IS a cute idea. Lots o’ fanart/fics centered around that…some of it less tasteful then others…
-sigh- But I really don’t think Rowling would do that…I suppose it’s up to us.
But here’s a theory that may or may not have already been lengthily discussed: Who’s R.A.B.? My opinion is that he’s Regulus A. Black, but I’m interested to hear other opinions…
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Trillian of Rhodes
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:39Snape is not working for Voldemort. (though he’s still rather nasty).
Dumbledore is dead (though 12 has a interesting point)
Lupin and Sirius- (9) all those things could point to them being lovers, or it could just be the fact that they’ve known eachother forever and have had lots of thing happen to them and their friendship (best friend and his family being murdered, one of them being convicted for doing it, one of them being a wherwolf, etc.)
The movies arent particularly good, because they dont capture any of the ideas or moments that the books are about. Also each book is so incredibly detailed youd need at least two movies per book to do them justice. Though, I did like this msot recent one a little better, because it managed to get some of the ideas of the book in with out being a monolgue of the book (like the first one was).
Harry Potter will not die in book sevenSo theres my view on the whole thing.
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Trillian of Rhodes
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:40oh, and RAB is sirius’s brother.
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Zallie
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:44I think Lupin was just so shell-shocked by the whole experience that he said yes to avoid awkward situations and to get Tonks shut up. As RRF pointed out, he never said he loved her.
There’s some brilliant Lupin/Siruis fanfic out there, namely Shoebox Project, which can be googled successfully, I believe. Not for everyone, Shoebox, but very, very good.
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Trillian of Rhodes
in March 7th, 2006 @ 21:48though, ya know, i got to agree, sirius and lupin is kind of cute.
I agree with poison (28) on the whole RAB thing but , like 28, Im interested in other theories.
Hermione and Ron!! Yes yes yes! They belong together!
Im thinking Harry/Ginny, too, but more tentatively.
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Phoebe
in March 7th, 2006 @ 22:00Of course it’s Harry/Ginny. And I totally agree that it’s Lupin/Sirius. But Lupin was all depressed that Sirius was dead, even though he tried to cover it up, and so he decided that marrying Tonks would cheer him up. Idjit. Yoy belong with Sirius, ghost or not, fool!
Regulus A. Black all that way.
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Zallie
in March 7th, 2006 @ 22:03I really despised Book 6. After Book 5, which I actuall liked, with the involved, foreshadowed plot, Book 6 felt like…filler. 600 pages of FILLER. The plot in this one was just so…boring and uninspired. ERLACK.
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King George the MMMXXLIII
in March 7th, 2006 @ 22:12I can’t believe Harry isn’t going back to hogwarts. I love that place. but I guess it was getting kinda hard to work with for her, since she needed harry to defeat Voldemort.
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BlackRaven
in March 7th, 2006 @ 22:14Yeah — Hermione/Ron is obvious. I’ve found at least fifty-seven hints throughout the whole series of books (and the third movie).
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Zallie
in March 7th, 2006 @ 22:19I think Hermione/Harry is cuter, and it gives Ron an excuse to go be angsty-er. Tee hee. Hermione/Draco is another favourite of mine, but it’s not very canon. Draco/Ginny’s fine by me too, but that one’s just about 100% fanon.
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Trillian of Rhodes
in March 7th, 2006 @ 22:36Ron/Hermione isnt just obvoius… its stated. Theres that whole bit in the 6th book about them.
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BlackRaven
in March 8th, 2006 @ 06:18Exactly. At the end especially; Hermione’s crying on Ron’s shoulder and he’s stroking her hair. My sister was so angry that they didn’t kiss.
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Ebeth The Lurker
in March 8th, 2006 @ 09:14sirius/lupin would make sense, but jkr won’t do that. half of her fans wouldn’t have any clue what was going on.
i laugh at all harry/hermione shippers…well the ones that persist in their beliefs that they’ll get together in book 7. Especially the ones that start flaming each other at the drop of a hat. Emerson’s special edition wall of shame was flamablamablous. But enough on my sick pleasure in other people’s misfortunes…
R.A.B. is probably regulus. But i really don’t want to believe it…it’s just too obvious. i read the book ONCE and thought of that…it was online just hours after the book came out…it probably will be regulus, but i hope jkr comes up with something better. Something practically every potter fan in the world doesn’t think of right now. Ah well…
ORDER OF BOOKS!
PoA FAV! I ♥ PoA
OotP
CoS
SS/PS
GoF
HPB
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embrace_your_poison
in March 8th, 2006 @ 14:18Ebeth definitely has a point about R.A.B. being awfully obvious. Um…maybe JKR thinks we’re stupid?
I dunno, I just hope for it ‘cos Sirius was so cool, maybe his brother is too. -cries for Sirius- I’ve lost hope that he’s going to be back.
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Jack Kcaj
in March 8th, 2006 @ 14:51I had a thought! What if Harry Potter is the last horcrux?! That would explain a lot, like the scar.
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embrace_your_poison
in March 8th, 2006 @ 15:01to 42. -laughs- I talked about that exact thing obsessively for weeks after I read the 6th book, I think that would be really cool. It would mean Harry’d have to die…! Oh dear me.
That’s really funny, that we thought of the same thing.
And how about Crookshanks as a Animagus? I know that the whole “people posing as animals” thing has already been used a lot, but I dunno, it’s possible.
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Theodwyn Notelven
in March 8th, 2006 @ 15:16shame be upon your heads. allowing the name of that…that…i can think of no words to describe how stupid those books are.
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evildude131
in March 8th, 2006 @ 15:21YES!!!!! HARRY IS THE LAST HORCRUX. IT BURNS WHEN VOLDEMORT IS SCHEMING BECAUSE IT IS VOLDEMORT
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Ebeth The Lurker
in March 8th, 2006 @ 15:25crookshanks is a kneazle. Fantastic Beasts. Interviews. Yeah. If that made any sense to anybody, you’re a very skilled interpreter.
Theodwyn-May the Dark Lord strike you down and turn you into a toad. And then may the toad, upon croaking against being in such a disliked story, be thrown straight into Macbeth.
No offense.
Nothing personal you understand. Simply business. Ah, i have not introduced myself. I am *mumblemumble* from the Potter Police Force. *shows badge with crayon markings, but puts away quickly* We apologise (yes we ARE british! OOH! HARRY POTTER IS BRIT! THAT MEANS WE CAN SAY COOL THINGS LIKE APOLOGISE!!!! WHEEE! ok excuse insanity) for putting a curse upon your head. You will have a million years to settle your affairs before the curse takes hold.
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dark lord of darkness
in March 8th, 2006 @ 15:31-45 err-hasnt everyone thought of that yet?
like harry has to die as well as voldemort so therefore thats a good way of doing it?
anyway i like harry pottter, but i think that it is immensly overrated.
i didnt think of regulus only because i have not read the books more than once. i had to look it up on the internrt to find out
anyway thats my opinon on hp
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Ebeth The Lurker
in March 8th, 2006 @ 15:40Everybody’s thought of pretty much everything. And i mean everything. These is probably the most overanalyzed books on the face of the earth. (well…besides a seperate peace. And animal farm. And shakespeare. And…well, this isn’t helping my cause much so i’ll stop). Plus what with the internet and all, ideas get around so fast. Regulus? Old news! I thought of that yesterday! HAH! Oh yeah? Well I saw it online the day BEFORE! Double HAH! Harry is the last horcrux! You just copied that off of this fansite! Nuh uh! Uh huh! You did! Didn’t! I’ve never seen that site before! Yeah, well it’s old news. Anybody can think of THAT! Oh yeah? Yeah! When did you think of it? I saw it online THREE DAYS AGO! Nyah nyah nyah. The possibilities…oh man. Never be in the middle of two devoted hp fans when this starts up…Spoken from experience.
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Ebeth The Lurker
in March 8th, 2006 @ 15:41Not that you guys are doing/are going to do that. Just mentioning as a passing remembrance…
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frankenfaerie
in March 8th, 2006 @ 16:16maybe lupin wants tonks to morph into lupin?
but seriously the girls staring @ sirius and him remaining uninterested could explain a lot…but they have been going downhill.
book six:
harry: *angst*
ron and hermoine: *fight*
harry: *barely plays any quidditch*
snape: *dada teacher!*
deatheaters: *deatheat*
luna: *is weird*
draco: *finally shows his emo side! yay, draco*
harry and ginny: *snog*
harry and dumbledore: *try to defeat voldy*
dumbledore: *dies*
snape: *soooo not evil…even though he killed dumbledore*
dumbledore: *reappears in headmaster pic! yay*
there. i just saved you 600-some pages of reading.*screams and curses at the movie directors*
WHERE WAS PEEVES?!?!?!?
i especially like the part in the SS movie where harry, ron, and hermoine all said “aah.” at the same time. AND WHERE WAS NEVILLE?!?!? HE WAS THERE IN THE BOOK!!!!
and they cut out half of the rooms at the ende….they only showed the keys WHICH DID NOT ATTACK IN THE BOOK and the chess game.in book two, i recall a character named penelope clearwater, who also got petrified…funny, i didn’t see her on the big screen…i do like ron’s “OMG A SPIDER!!!!” face…”follow the butterflies…”
PoA was destroyed as a movie. that was my ABSOULTE FAVOURITE movie and they killed it. the marauders (did i spell that correctly?) were not identified as james, sirius, lupin, and pettigrew. they make me sad. and there were multiple plotholes. and the broom at the ende of the movie? I DON”T THINK SO! the only good part was when ron mumbled something in his sleep about spiders wanting him to tapdance….AND THE SHRUNKEN HEAD WAS NOT EVEN REMOTELY FUNNY!
movie four: is it just me or did the deatheaters resemble the kkk, just in black with skull masks? and it was too short. i wonder when WB is going to realize that fans would rather sit through a six-hour movie than be devastated by a horribly butchered 3-hour one…and they made hermione look like a complete idiot. HELLO, SHE’S THE SMART ONE HERE!!! *another plothole forms*
but i seriously burst out laughing when crouch, jr. said, “i’ll show you mine if you show me yours!!!!!!!” so did half the people in the theatre.i didn’t get the GoF dvd yet, but i shall…..so i can email WB about all their mistakes….and email anyone involved in the movie who’s email i can find…..*evil laugh*
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LadyMaul
in March 8th, 2006 @ 16:28Did you know that dudley has magic? I found some info about it on a website, and it was very convincing! And why els would Dumbldore talk about how dudley’s future is ruined? I mean, theres’ no other reason to worry about dudley.
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LadyMaul
in March 8th, 2006 @ 16:31I agree. Harry has to be the last horcrus. I mean, it makes perfect sense! If harry’s the horcrux, then he would have to kill himself to kill voldy, and that would be very dramatic. If JK Rowling kills voldy off, I am going to scream! VOLDEMORT ROCKS!!!!!!!
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Violetfire
in March 8th, 2006 @ 16:35I think he said it because either a): he is spoiled and will never be happy because of his parents horrible treatment of him, or b): Voldy is gonna kill him because he’s close to Harry.
And you too did this before. Remember? It was called H*A*R*R*Y P*O*T*T*E*R. A long time ago, it was.
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lumpy a.k.a someone who doesnt want to give there name but will if have to and it says required so my name is dea.
in March 8th, 2006 @ 16:46sirius needsa to came back now please i belive he is not dead not dead not dead not ded but then agaian its just crazy little old me
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Zallie
in March 8th, 2006 @ 16:47I hope Harry dies, and saves us from his angst.
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frankenfaerie
in March 8th, 2006 @ 17:22KILL HARRY!
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emogrl
in March 8th, 2006 @ 17:58#s 55 + 56: lol
aw… i relly did have a whole theory about harry being the last horcrux… guess thats not going to surprise anyone.
i relly liked goblet of fire. dont know why.
we should start a bring-sirius-back-to-life petition + mail it to jkr!
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Pentatonikk (RRF)
in March 8th, 2006 @ 17:59Personally, I like Harry/Luna. It’s hilarious, and there are a couple subtle hints.
DEATH TO HARRY! NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR TRAGIC PAST! Sadly, though, it’ll be Ron. The sidekick always gets it in the end.
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embrace_your_poison aka Lyra
in March 8th, 2006 @ 18:59Hm, 58. definitely has a point. Alas, poor Ron. But I agree with most of the above, I am not overly fond of Harry and will not be very distressed if he gets killed off. Wingey wingey whiner that he is. -cough- Because I NEVER whine about anything ever. Ever ever ever.
Hm…Harry/Luna is rather cute, but I don’t think it’s very likely. The whole Harry/Ginny thing was made quite clear in the sixth book.
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kricket
in March 8th, 2006 @ 19:05Definately a point RRF… yeah, Harry/Ginny was actually made quite clear in the 6th book. did anyone buy the 4th movie yet?
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Shadowfax
in March 8th, 2006 @ 19:11Oh, c’mon. Harry-Luna is going NOWHERE. It’s gonna be Luna-Neville. I can just feel it. Ms. Rowling’s not gonna want to do anything sneaky with romance. The books aren’t first about that, they’re about magic–the romantic element is really just an add-on, although an important one.
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Shadowfax
in March 8th, 2006 @ 19:13Frankenfaerie, you have a VERY GOOD POINT b/c Snape CANT be evil. I just can’t believe it!!! I mean, either Snape isn’t evil or Wormtail isn’t. Remember how Wormtail was eavesdropping at the beginning of HBP?
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kricket
in March 8th, 2006 @ 19:36How is she going to have time to make anymore couples with this being the last book? I mean come on!!! but how is snape not evil? i mean, he KILLED dumbledore!!! Wormtail owes Harry, but he definately is evil. snape i guess could be good… but highly unlikely. draco is good definately!!! i mean, he’s being blackmailed!!! which is so like voldemort by the way. I cannot believe how much they cut out of the movie!!! it’s like slicing it in half and taking away all the good details and stuff!!! and Hermione looked like a dork in the movie!!! i mean, hello? she’s supposed to be the SMART one!!! I for one can believe that Ron might get it in the 7th book but who knows? the sidekick always gets it. it’s true!!! uh oh g2g!!! see ya later!!!
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frankenfaerie
in March 8th, 2006 @ 20:30indeed
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LadyMaul
in March 9th, 2006 @ 05:26Hey! I’m a newbie! Give me a little slack!!! Ron and hermy hve 2 di. I meen, ther sidekiks! And it is so obvious that wormtail is going to use his silver hand to kill a werewolf. I think wormtails going to kill greyback so wormtail can repay his debt to harry.
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Axa
in March 9th, 2006 @ 11:39Oy.OY. Let me set you all straight on pairings.
SiriusxLupin is not only unrealistic, it’s been fabricated by the shippers of HP. Same as SasuNaru in Naruto, though I won’t try to explain that.
They are/were friends. Why is it so terribly difficult for everyone to see this? Quite honestly, people these days can take something like emotion after a major event and just automatically say: Oh, they so love each other.
The Marauder chapter make it all quite clear to me: that Sirius was James’s best friend, and since he was killed, and since Peter betrayed them, it’s obvious that Lupin and Sirius would be close, as they are the only Marauders left, in a sense. They are united by their love for James and as friends.
At Sirius’s death, Lupin would be expected to be mournful- he was his friend! To say he’s only mourning because he loved the man in such a sense is remaining blind to facts.
I have nothing against slash or yaoi or homosexuals in general,( as those of you on the Hot Topics thread may well know) but it irks me to no end when pairings are made based off of foundations like these.
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I have no qualms with any other pairings really, most of them amuse me to no end. Like DracoGinny. Ha! Ha! xD
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flying circus
in March 9th, 2006 @ 12:16has anyone already mentioned the possibility that harry is the seventh horcrux?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in March 9th, 2006 @ 13:38See comments 42, 45, 48, 52, and 57.
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PurplishGlass
in March 9th, 2006 @ 14:06um only about twenty times in this blog alone. but thats okay, i thought it was pretty smart of me to think of that too, until everyone started saying it.
loved the potter/muse stories written by robert. quite funny and really great writing.
hey, does anyone else really really hate how dumbledore is portrayed in the movies, especially in GoF? they make him seem really stupid and weak and so…i dunno un-dumbledorish. i thought it was horrible and thought the movie was pretty bad too. im not sure i want to watch WB ruin anymore plots or characters.
i think that harry is going to end up teaching DAAD because JKR has made such a big deal about the job. though i would much rather have him die
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flying circus
in March 9th, 2006 @ 15:07well it’s obvious that harry is going back to his childhood home…
not privet drive, though. i think it would be very JKR to have the final battle between voldermort and harry take place where his parents died in godric’s hollow. also, where harry lived has the same name as one of hogwart’s founders…
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kricket
in March 9th, 2006 @ 15:09i hate the movies. yet the special effects rock!!! but still, they like cut out 3/4 of the book to make into a movie. I mean, they had to like cut it down to about 174 pages in the script!!! ((the 4th one)) gosh, do they know that people would much rather watch a 7 hour long movie with great special effects and all the details? it’s sooooooo annoying!!! Come on people!!!
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Violetfire
in March 9th, 2006 @ 16:16Yeah, I agree with Axa about the Sirius/Lupin thing. They’re just friends. And it would totally ruin the books for younger people, because their parents wouldn’t want their kids to read homosexuality books. I mean, I was in kindergarten when I read #1.
And Luna likes Ron. Remember, from that thing in #3?
And Harry/Ginny is a definate possibility, but remember, Harry went all Spiderman-y and was like No, i’ll do it alone, I don’t want you to getr hurt. So he might not.
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in March 9th, 2006 @ 16:32i hate having to go to movie theatres for hp movies though….because 75% of the audience hasn’t read the books, and most of them are teenyboppers who are completely in love with the actors. i…chastise…them every once and a while
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in March 9th, 2006 @ 17:37#70: oooh, mysterious
#73: **sniffsob** cedric died ! how could he just, like die like that? he was such a hottie!
jk, JK,
JK!
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in March 9th, 2006 @ 17:46I think it’s stupid that some kids aren’t allowed to read the books because their parents think it’s “unholy” and that it’s witchcraft. Jesus performed ‘magic’ and he is the very essence of holy.
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in March 9th, 2006 @ 18:30i know what you mean jack. well, i don’t actually mind people who just don’t read the books, i mean that’s their choice. But people who start protesting against it and stuff-i just want to grab a book and go “look! look! Fiction! It says fiction! F-I-C-T-I-O-N! NOT REAL!”
50-ROCK ON! PoA is the best!!!
55, 56, 58, and 59-Yes! DIE HARRY DIE!!! lol
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in March 9th, 2006 @ 19:14LOOK. In response to posts about my Snape-is-not-evil theory, either he isn’t or Wormtail isn’t. Remember how W. was eavesdropping at beginning of HBP? And I think Dumbledore might have died ANYWAYS. From the potion. HE HAS HIS REASONS!! And we STILL don’t know why he always trusted Snape. He never really told Harry. BUT I THINK I KNOW–I think Snape was in love with Lily.
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in March 9th, 2006 @ 20:42my friend wasnt allowed to read harry potter, however, she was allowed to read LOTR. whats up w/ that?
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in March 9th, 2006 @ 21:03I agree that harry would have to kill himself. VERY DRAMATIC. I wish to say that Harry should kill himself because all he does is whine. He even broke up with ginny whining. Whine whine whine whine whine. And he isn’t even that great with spells! The only reason he won ANY of the challanges in book 4 is because some homocidal freak tried to kill him by making him win! He didn’t have enough talent to complete the challanges, and he never will! The only thing he is good for is killing himself. I mean, who here wouldn’t like to see that???
(ok sorry about launching into a rant again. again. again. again. Seriously, i rant too much. BOTBALL rocks!!!!! WE get our challane this weekend and it so rocks!)
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 07:49#79 Harry does whine too much. i almost had to stop reading OotP because he was all like, why won’t they tell me absolutely everything that is going on? dude, you have a psycic connection to voldermort. of course they don’t want to tell you everything.
also, you do botball? me too! we already got our challenge though.
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 11:12I think if you don’t let your kids read Harry Potter, you must also bar them from fairy tales, since they’re basically the same thing.
The good thing about Harry being whiny is that it makes him real. So he’s no Gary Stu, thankfully. I need to reread OotP, I;m fuzzy on everything except the last bit at the moment.
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 13:27In OotP, Rowling masterfully portrayes Harry going throught the trials and torments of adolescance–but we don’t WANT to read about Harry going through the trials and torments of adonlescance. We want to read about Harry being more or less normal. Thank you.
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 13:32he could cut some of the whining…. snape pointed out that he was being a jerk and he didn’t listen to him… ahh snape can’t be evil. he keeps harry from going on ego trips all the time!
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 13:43# 82 she totally overdid the “trials and torments of adolescance” in book 6… like we really care about ron and lavender.
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 14:59Yeah, I totaly agree. Even so, the Ron/Lavender thing was pretty funny…
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 15:02whine whine whine whine whine… WHINE! WHINE!!!!!!!!!
Ok… so
JK rowling has succesvfully portrayed Harry going thru adolecenceI mean, had Harry Whine all day and night, even in his dreams!!!!!!!And about botball, I’m referring to the md district (still can’t find me)
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 16:4075- total agreement. what happened to the whole accepting and loving your neighbor thing?even the pope denounced it. maybe if they actually subjected their oh-so-holy minds to the literary content of such books, they would see just how utterly ridiculous their sentiments are
78- yeah i know people like that……
79- like in the fifth book? enduring his rants made me want to kill myself….
82- exactly! and it doesn’t help that the characters speak like ten-year-oldes (no offense to actual 10-yr-oldes) but snog constantly…
85- won-won! heh heh heh
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Queen Julietaini; Queenie (J); WDNT
in March 10th, 2006 @ 16:47I agree with 84. The Ron/Lavender made me cough. And I hate Harry Potter. I picked up copies, read them, and now I can talk about them. It’s not like I actually enjoy Harry Potter.
SYNOPSIS OF HARRY POTTER BOOKS:
Harry: I wish people would forget I’m famous.
Ron: Oh, hi Harry. I’m your sidekick.
Harry: OK, only if people don’t pay too much attention to you.
Hermoine: Hi guys, I’m Hermoine. I’ll be played by a bad actress in the film and be the brain of the trio.
Harry: Ditto for you, Hermoine.
*Stuff happens*
USA, UK: Wheeee! This is the best thing since sliced bread!
*Enter adolescence*
Harry: *whines beyond belief*
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 17:05I think Snape is good. I think that when Dumbledore said “Snape, please” or whatever he said, he wanted Snape to kill him. Now Voldemore (oh, “He who must not be named”) thinks that Snape is on his side, and later in the series (the next book, or, if there’s going to be an epilogue) Snape will come save Harry or something like that.
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 17:07Thank you Axa for that comment on Lupin/Sirius!
I think the Harry having to die because he/ his scar is a horcrux thing makes since, but I can’t imagine it happening. I mean, what would she do? Just end the book when he dies? Write the last couple chapters from the point of view of some one else/ ominicient voice? It all seems a liitle fake and anti-climactic.
I hope ron and/or hermione don’t die- they are what make the books interesting. I mean, whether or not you hate harry’s personality (I myself am nuetral), you have to admit they are what forms his character, in some ways at least.
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 17:25About 88, I personally love Harry Potter (the books, not him), but I think it depends on what kind of books you like to read. I would like it if you wouldn’t trash him like that.
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 17:38YES! JK ROWLING if you are reading this, you essentially don’t have to write HP 7 because we are kinda round robin writin it. SERIOULSY, GOSH! ttfn
–some guy in illinois (kidding. Not illonoiss (or is it?)) (it’s not)
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 17:48I love Harry Potter [ yes him ♥ ] but it’s not the best series I ‘ve read. But Rowling is doubtless, to me anyway, a powerful storyteller if she can get kids who don’t read to read.
Does anyone go to the midnight releases? I have the past two books, as well as the midnight showing of GoF, and it’s quite enjoyable. Even if all the Weasly fangirls come out then. Ah well.
>.> I also ate a rancid looking Rice Krispie shaped in a lightning bolt on dare. But that’s off topic.
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 20:11#88: lol
yeah, jkr kind of went oveboard w/ all the teenage drama- that kind of bothered me, b/c it seems like the series shouldnt be “skool” stories; the skool should only serve as an interesting setting…
when the 6th book came out, the entire downtown in my city was turned into diagon alley! my LB went (i had to work
) + he said there were “dementors” + lots of other ppl who went all out wandering around.
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 20:2793…. tell us the Rice Krispie story on the Crazy Deeds blog, Id like to hear it.
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100% cotton
in March 10th, 2006 @ 21:13ok, first has anybody pointed out that all the centaurs hating people except for firenzi was taken straight out of greek mythology? next, cool idea, but lupin/sirius is probably a no go. third, yeah regulus is r.a.b., wasn’t sirius’ uncle named a-something? four, yeah harry’s probably the real horcrux. last, the movies SUCK! i didn’t even watch the last one.
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 22:05I did. But again, they’re rushing and cutting it too much. They don’t show any actual school classes in movie #4. Just the one with Mad-Eye Moody and the spiders. And JKR has had to change her writing style for the books to fit into a movie format better……have you noticed?
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in March 10th, 2006 @ 23:02Why should JK have to change her writing so it can be made into movies? It’s her idea, and she can write however she pleases.
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 00:02This is LAAAAAMMMMMMEEEEEEEEE
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 10:17The movies are SO much worse than the books…I mean, whoever said that Emma Watson’s a bad actress, I personally disagree, but they don’t give Hermione enough credit in the movies. Which stinks!!
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 10:49I know. THey make Hermione look like the weakest part of the trio, but she’s obviously the strongest. I read a book called Mapping the World of Harry Potter that has a lot of essays about the book. Some of them are just weird, but a lot of them are about Hermione. And the last essay rocks. It’s called “Why killing Harry is the worst possible choice for Voldemort” and goes into what Hermione would do it Harry failed. ‘Cuz obviously she wouldn’t rush like Harry, but would plot carefully to kill Voldy. Read it.
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 11:14#96: JKR takes an amazing amount of her books from mythologies all over the world. one of the best examples of this is her naming of the characters. go look up the meanings of their names in a baby naming book, and they mean exactly what the character is. REMUS LUPIN, for example. he’s a warewolf, and LUPIN is latin for wolf. REMUS refers to one of the supposed founders of Rome, the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, who were thrown into a river as infants by their stepfather (i think), and were found and saved from almost certain death by a… wolf. they went on to found rome. But that’s not important. what is important, is that you can almost tell the fate of a character not only by their actions, but also by their name.
#93 I wanted to go to the midnight release of HBP so bad, but we were on vacation that weekend. (ahh my parents don’t understand harry potter!) we had to go to some weird bookstore in the smokies at like two in the afternoon because my parents would not let us go out earlier. we had to get two copies (one for my sister, and one for me). we both still finished it before the day was over, though…
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 12:02For HBP, we bought it in the airport two days after it came out. I almost DIED having to wait. But my mom and my sister and I all finished it within 24 hours.
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 12:31does anyone know latin?
what does the motto on the Hogwarts crest mean?
draco dormiens nunquam titillandus
for some reason, i seem to remember it meaning “never tickle a sleeping dragon.” is that correct?
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Ebeth The Lurker
in March 11th, 2006 @ 12:42yup
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 13:41I also like in one of the books Dumbledore says at the beginning-of-the-year fease “I’d like to say a few words. They are: Twinkle, Dumbat, Origane” or something weird like that. It was funny
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 13:50I agree…..the 4th movie left out a TON of stuff! (but if they put all of them in, it would be an 8 hour movie!) Does Harry give the Weasley twins his triwizard money in the 4th or the 5th book..they didn’t put it in the movie
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Queen Julietaini; Queenie (J); WDNT
in March 11th, 2006 @ 14:22Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus? “Never tickle a sleeping dragon” is right. Don’t ask. Nil combustibus profumo is my personal favorite Latin phrase. Name the blatantly esoteric reference!
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 16:14i had a year of latin in 6th grade…cant relly remember anything though. wait – ubi est caelum? doesnt that mean “where is the sky?”?
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 16:58i take latin, go me.
*gasp* we’ve had doc sub for us twice this week. he is so…frickin….cool. Especially after pautsch. *shudder* i can’t wait for latin II…
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flying circus
in March 11th, 2006 @ 17:10#106: Nitwit, blubber, odmit, tweak.
not sure about the third word there. anyone know?
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 17:14I’m in a choir and we sing lots of songs in Latin. Too bad I only know the Latin and not the translation!
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 17:14Yep – “ubi est caelum” means “Where is the sky”
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in March 11th, 2006 @ 17:22#111 nitwit, blubber, oddment, tweak.
sorry.
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Clara
in March 11th, 2006 @ 17:29Sorry to post so many times in a row…..
does anyone know……there are all the pages that say “Harry Potter” “Wicked” “Dr. Seuss” etc. How do you make a new one?
Thanks!
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Ebeth The Lurker
in March 11th, 2006 @ 17:51Oddement.
Dumbledore rocks.
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Ebeth The Lurker
in March 11th, 2006 @ 17:52oh and 110
i meant freakin *coughcough*lol
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Ebeth The Lurker
in March 11th, 2006 @ 18:09115-u don’t. You ask the GAPA (and maybe slip some virtual choklit along the net..
) and he/sheshe/he (why is it always he/she anyway and not she/he? ok i guess i’m in a rather feminist mood…) makes a thread. If you bribe her/him enough.
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Violetfire
in March 11th, 2006 @ 18:18Only the fantastic GAPA’s can.
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Trillian of Rhodes
in March 11th, 2006 @ 21:33I wish I could take latin. My school and the one Im going to next year only offer french and spanish, I neither are very well taught. I tried to learn some from a book once, but it didnt work.
Whenever I get a new HP book, I make myself savor it. I lock myself in a room and stare at the cover for a few minutes. I make myself read slowly so it takes a couple days to finish.
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Jadestone
in March 11th, 2006 @ 21:49I cant. I read till midnight if i have too. My parents have to pry it out of my hands at bedtime.
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King George the MMMXXLIII
in March 11th, 2006 @ 22:59My brother seems to think that harry potter will die in the end. I don’t. I sure hope i’m right, cause he’ll rub it in if I’m wrong. Plus, who wants to read a book where the main character dies after 7 books. What a let down. Anyways, I’m not a fread about HP, though I do like it. For instance, I didn’t read it in One hour, or think up all these answers for puzzles. I just read the books and wait for the next one to answer my questions.
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King George the MMMXXLIII
in March 11th, 2006 @ 23:00When I said fead, in my last post, I meant freak.—————————————————
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Shadowfax
in March 12th, 2006 @ 07:14Gosh. It’s oddment.
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frankenfaerie
in March 12th, 2006 @ 10:13120- are you kidding? i finished hbp just hours after i got it…..then re-read it about ten times…
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Violetfire
in March 12th, 2006 @ 10:17Lets think of four words of our own. Let me see…..they could be pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanakoneosis (the longest word), squirreled (the longest one-syllable word), Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, (the longest place name. A hill in New Zealand), and…..um……those are the most impressive words I know. You people can think of the fourth.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in March 12th, 2006 @ 10:23According to Wikipedia (which, of course, is not infallible), a word-game columnist invented “pneumono[etc.]” in the 1930s as a joke. It made it into the dictionaries, but not because doctors ever needed a word that long. Takes some of the fun out of it…
Nevertheless, I will continue to sing this song that I wrote when I was 10, to the tune of “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” (from Mary Poppins):
Pneu…
mono, ultra, micro, scopic, silicovolcanoconio…sis,
Even though the sound of it is really-something-terribly atrocious,
If you say it loud enough they’ll forget your halitosis,
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis!
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Violetfire
in March 12th, 2006 @ 11:11I played Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in band once. It was fun.
So did Jadestone. And she says hi.
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Clara
in March 12th, 2006 @ 11:46Yeah – when I get a HP book, I start it and then don’t stop until I finish it. I would stay up all night………..
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Clara
in March 12th, 2006 @ 11:52I used the word
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
to show off to my parents one time. I was about 7 years old, and I could spell it and everything. I forget it now, but………
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Clara
in March 12th, 2006 @ 11:53Regulus A. Black
Isn’t that the RAB?
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emogrl
in March 12th, 2006 @ 11:54it took three days for me to finish hbp, but that was b/c i had to work all 3 days
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FantasyFan?!?!
in March 12th, 2006 @ 13:26it is to obvious that RAB is is regulus black as for the sirius /lupin thing NO POSSIBLE WAY still (i cant believe im writing this) it is nice to know that someone else out there believes in the rab thing I read that it was possible that harry is a direct descendent of godric gryffindor (did i spell that right? no pun intended) any tjkers
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in March 12th, 2006 @ 14:37when my sister and i were little my mom had to confiscate (sp?) books so we would do our chores. one time she confiscated PoA, and hid it way up on the shelf over the washing machine where my sister and i couldn’t reach it… then she forgot about it and one day it fell into the washer. with a load of whites. you know how the original hardback had a really dark dustjacket and red endpapers? yea, we still have a few pink towels. plus my sister and i were so upset that my parents had to get us a new copy, which we still have but is falling apart because we’ve read it so many times…
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frankenfaerie
in March 12th, 2006 @ 15:01133- jkrs site touched on that topic…
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FantasyFan?!?!
in March 12th, 2006 @ 17:04i dont know how to find her website. and you cant post a link *sigh*
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Violetfire
in March 12th, 2006 @ 18:04You could probably just google “Harry Potter Fan Site” or the like and you’d find it.
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Clara
in March 12th, 2006 @ 18:24jkrowling.com
or
jkrowling.com.uk
is that what you were asking?
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Jadestone
in March 12th, 2006 @ 18:26Okay, heres somthing NONE of you seem to have found:
When they were going through the desk at Siruses house they found a tarnished black locket that none of them could open. Helllooooo! RAB, if he is Regulas A. Black, lived there to and would have kept the locket. AND there is a star i the solar system called Serius, and next to it is a star called Regules. Just thought I’d mention that. These Discoveries are thanks to Heather P., who is a total Harry Potter freak. And notice the similarity bewteen the’re initalls…
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kricket
in March 12th, 2006 @ 18:59wow i never noticed that jadestone!!!
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Violetfire
in March 12th, 2006 @ 19:00You people want never to meet Heather. She can scream like a harpy. And she does.
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Ebeth The Former But Recently Rehabilitated Lurker
in March 12th, 2006 @ 19:07i noticed the locket, but idk if it’s the horcrux.
knew about the stars
didn’t notice the initials, that’s cool.
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FantasyFan?!?!
in March 12th, 2006 @ 19:12ok i’ll try 2 check it out sometime also
how do we know that regulus’s middle initial is A?
or is it my abominable memory at work?
my memory isnt that bad
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in March 12th, 2006 @ 19:16question: if you read a lot + your parents think its too much, so they take away your books, whos right + whos wrong here? b/c my parents always do that when i read a lot, + it seems a little irrational. + ive never seen my parents read, so i guess they just dont know what its like to be absorbed in a book.
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Violetfire
in March 12th, 2006 @ 19:33I don’t think we do.
My parents do that too. Which is really stupid considering that many parents have to force their kids to read. They couldn’t be just a little more appreciative, could they?
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in March 12th, 2006 @ 19:41#139 –
cool about the constellations.
But, we already said about a zillion times that RAB is Regalus A. Black
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FantasyFan?!?!
in March 12th, 2006 @ 19:49I read “too much” too violetfires right about so many kids not reading enuff parents should be more appreciative
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in March 12th, 2006 @ 19:57Yah. espeshully sinse we leern so moch from reeding. Lik how to speel.
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FantasyFan?!?!
in March 12th, 2006 @ 20:01everyone DOES know that sirius is the dog star, right? sirius’s animagus form is a dog. its the whole constellation of a dog known as sirius
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in March 12th, 2006 @ 20:08Yeah. The whol bus(whom i kidding? The entire WORLD!) thinks im crazey for actuall wanting to sit by Heather. But shes really nice and smart to even if she’s
sort ofreally loud.
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in March 12th, 2006 @ 20:14Nice? Smart?
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Jadestone
in March 12th, 2006 @ 20:19Yes. She is. Shes just……Underapprecated. And has a slight hearing problem.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in March 12th, 2006 @ 20:35The star Regulus is in the constellation Leo. Hm, bet I can guess Regulus Black’s animagus form and/or patronus.
(“Regulus” is also Latin for “prince.” Significant? I’m not sure.)
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Jadestone
in March 12th, 2006 @ 20:36OooooOooo…Cool.
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FantasyFan?!?!
in March 12th, 2006 @ 20:51A lion? im thinking on this one WAIT A SECOND!!! the lion is gryffindors house symbol some thing significant in that, surely?
But sirius was the only member of his family in gryffindor… regulus was in slytherin right? i’ll think this over
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in March 12th, 2006 @ 20:55i’ve always said regulus was crookshanks. okay, so i rarely say that, but that’s only because it seems so far-fetched.
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in March 12th, 2006 @ 21:32how could crookshanks/regulus be with hermione if he is off killing horcruxes?
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in March 12th, 2006 @ 22:17he was off killing horcruxes. he’s not anymore.
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in March 13th, 2006 @ 05:18oh yeah because voldemort… sry… You Know Who, would have killed regulus if he knew what regulus was up to. but it would work Em (#156).
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in March 13th, 2006 @ 07:16how would R.A.B. know about the horcruxes? it took Dumbledore, the most powerful wizard in the world, 16+ years to find out!
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in March 13th, 2006 @ 07:56rab was a death eater. its possible thats where he found out. and thats why he tried to leave voldemorts cronies and was supposedly killed after 1 day. because horcruxes are are ultimate evil and even most dark wizards wouldnt use them
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in March 13th, 2006 @ 09:47oh come on. like voldermort is going to go around telling people that he split his soul into seven pieces and scattered the bits around! he’s not going to tell anyone, because he knows how dangerous people can be!
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in March 13th, 2006 @ 13:49rab might have found out on accident
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in March 13th, 2006 @ 14:42found out on accident? the most deeply important and personal secret of the dark lord was discovered by some whacko? hmm… i doubt it.
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in March 13th, 2006 @ 14:58Is Regalus Black good or bad?
(Can’t remember)
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in March 13th, 2006 @ 14:59What is the Sirius/Lupin theory? I looked for it but couldn’t find it
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in March 13th, 2006 @ 15:56Supposedly he was bad, because he was a Death Eater. But he was “killed” by Voldy for treachery, and people think he’s the RAB mentioned in #6. That is, the one who killed the Horcrux in the locket.
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in March 13th, 2006 @ 16:07Rated PG-13, or possibly R. If you really want to find out, look for any slash fanfic site and you’ll find it somewhere.
But slash is blecky. We hates it precious. *hiss* gollum, gollum!
Yes, i must have my gollum moments…
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in March 13th, 2006 @ 19:08the sirius lupin theory is first posted in comment #4 take a look if you dare *laughs grimly* :twisted:i dont believe it but …
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in March 13th, 2006 @ 19:56well i highly doubt it. i dont like to make predictions, because i once convinced someone that roran was thorn’s rider before eldest came out. but that was only because i was so obsessively in love with murtagh that i refused to admit that he was evil.
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 07:45I think murtagh wouldnt do it if he could galbatorix knows his true name and thorns so he cant resist. rorans the king descended from king palencar
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 13:01eldest… is that the book that has the same plot as star wars: the emperor strikes back? i think it is. the one with the red cover…?
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 15:11harry potter please not eragon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and yes i think it is
but i know nothing about star wars so i could be wrong : ( : (
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 15:16And why are we talking about Eragon?
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 16:08em #170 brought it up
and how do we know the horcrux in the locket is dead?
theres no proof that rab accomplished it.
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 19:19#175 if s/he was smart enough to find the locket, drink the potion, replace the locket, rebrew the potion, and TRICK VOLDERMORT then it’s a fair bet that the horcrux was destroyed.
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 19:33#131 Totally 100% yes yes yes
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 19:35See my post on comment #66 for Sirius/Remus rant.
I think Dumbledore knew he was going to die, but I don’t think he wanted Snape to kill him.
Personally, I think Snape will die/disappear in the next book. It just makes sense. There’s too mcuh backstory and foreshadowing going for nothing to happen with him.
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 19:47Very nice rant. Five Stars.
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 20:21has any one considered the possibility that harry will be left a cripple unable to do magic after he fights voldemort?
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 20:50That’s a possibility….but he’d end up, I think, a little better of than that. Or dead. You pick.
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 21:13Just realized Dumbledore’s dead
pg. 36 snape makes the Unbreakable vow to kill him
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in March 14th, 2006 @ 23:41Crookshanks is not an animagus… I think there was some dicussion about that earlier, sorry if there wasnt. Hes half kneazle. Fantastic Beasts and where to Find Them, or jkrowling.com.
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 08:33only 1/2 ? i didnt know kneazles & regular cats could breed together?
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 13:01I don’t think dumbledore is dead
I think snape is a good guy
Ginny ♥ Harry
Ron ♥ Hermione
I think there are going to be more than 7 books unless the 7th one is huge (I want more books than that(like 10 books ))
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 13:55jkrowling said 7 only. she also said there woudnt be any book longer than the 5th book.
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 14:40Maybe Dumbledore drank the horcrux thing just to make himself weak. Maybe he knew it wasn’t a horcrux
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 16:16her contract says 7 so she legally has to make 7 only
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 16:22HarryPOTEE : lol : : evil : is so boring : twisted : at the begining and good at the midle but you don’t want to read the midle because of the begining. : ! : .
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 16:24These icons don,t wrk.: oops :
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 16:25Snape’s probably a double agent. For which side, though? And who’s “good”? J.K. Rowling did do one thing, though-she spawned enough internet parodies to stop Time. Go Google it.
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 16:28I’m right you know (see 182). I heard she’s going to make an eighth with scenes see cut from the other.
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 16:51check out potterpuppetpals.com
funny.[I guess this isn’t quite a link… –Admin.]
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 16:54Why does everyone care only about present ones?????????????
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 17:30potter puppet pals is so stupid it’s funny…..
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 18:12i cant wait for the third ppp
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 20:19Bothering Snape was hilarious. Especially the Dumbledore bit.
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 20:22So was the other one. I’m gonna go watch ’em again!
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 20:52Fun Fact:
It is estimated that every breath you take you are breathing in 3 to 10 molecules from Cesar’s last breath.
(If you don’t belive me, go to the NPR page for today. It says right there.)
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in March 15th, 2006 @ 20:57He must’ve had a pretty deep last breath.
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in March 16th, 2006 @ 06:29Wait…….so everyone in the entire world is breathing it? That doestn’t really make sense. Wouldn’t it run out?
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in March 16th, 2006 @ 07:19#182: no, snape does not make the unbreakable vow to kill dumbledore. he makes the unbreakable vow to protect draco.
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in March 16th, 2006 @ 15:44No, because you’d breathe it back out again. Remember, it would be carbon dioxide when you breathed it in, so then it would just come out again with all the other carbon dioxide that your body gets rid of natually.
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in March 16th, 2006 @ 16:20OHHHHHHH……………. I get it now……but how would it spread around the whole world? How would you know if that exact breath was his?
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in March 16th, 2006 @ 19:45You wouldn’t.
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in March 17th, 2006 @ 09:00what if Dumbledore split his body like Voldimort and thats why he is so weak (unlikly but possible) I really don’t think Dumbledore is dead
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in March 17th, 2006 @ 14:53That is a cool theory…….I hadn’t thought about that
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in March 17th, 2006 @ 16:06Hermione is going to end up with Neville and Ron is going to end up with Luna.
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in March 17th, 2006 @ 16:40I don’t like Harry Potter. At all.
BUT… anyone ever see Potter Puppet Pals?
H-I-L-L-A-R-I-O-U-S!
Frieden aus —D_Q
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in March 17th, 2006 @ 19:10potter puppet pals rocks!!
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in March 17th, 2006 @ 20:01what on earth are potter puppet pals?
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in March 17th, 2006 @ 23:13Potter Pupppet Pals? I love Niel! I found his LiveJournal. You kids need to watch animutations. So disturbing. Ahahaha.
There is no eighth book. Jo has said numerous times she does not intend to make a prequel or sequel of any sort.
I think somehow the last book will be ver simple, and yet not so.
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in March 18th, 2006 @ 13:47hello? the only way to spilt yourself that we know of is a horcrux and you have to KILL SOMEONE and therefore i highly doubt that dumblydorr has one. unless he used some random death eater.
also, jkr MUST do something with that veil! Preferably bring back Sirius. Seriously i want the veil to be unveiled!!!
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in March 18th, 2006 @ 14:28Potter Puppet Pals are fun to watch. Violently hilarious.
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in March 18th, 2006 @ 14:32I think Dumbledore IS dead, but there might be some reincarnation type thing like in LOTR
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in March 18th, 2006 @ 14:37“potter puppet pals” are possibly the most disterbing thing ive seen in a while.
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in March 18th, 2006 @ 15:12172-yeah…inheritance=star wars – technology + dragons
193- heck yes it is!
hahaha. neil is awesome….we should invite him to the convention somehow….
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in March 18th, 2006 @ 15:33Neil is a superbeing, beyond mortal comprehnsion. Doth not speak his name.
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in March 18th, 2006 @ 16:51but we can type it, right?
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in March 18th, 2006 @ 18:32Now! Shoot him! bangbangbangbangbang
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in March 18th, 2006 @ 18:37botherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbotherbother– Avada Kedavra!
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in March 18th, 2006 @ 19:06what’s this? (sir, i….can…explain….) young harry and ron seem to be taking an afternoon nap! let’s see what’s in their pockets! alas, nine sickles and a dungbomb! it must be my lucky day! now….where did snape go? more importantly, where the hell am i? ………NEKKID TIME!!!!!!
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in March 18th, 2006 @ 19:07ron: follow the butterflies…follow the butterflies…..wheeeeeee lalalalalalala
hermy: ronicus explodicus!
ron: *explodes*
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in March 19th, 2006 @ 12:24And then he dances til the end. Haha!
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in March 19th, 2006 @ 12:25223: Where’s that from?
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in March 19th, 2006 @ 12:56My my, that was random.
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in March 19th, 2006 @ 13:58What was?
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in March 20th, 2006 @ 14:41225- in the “trouble at hogwarts” one, pause the flash when voldemort starts killing snape and go through frame by frame. when you get to the one with the star, click on it!!!! then ron starts following the butterfiles…..yay!
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in March 20th, 2006 @ 14:58Oh yeah, my sister showed me that! I forgot all about it. That was really funny………
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in March 20th, 2006 @ 16:52COOL! I’LL DO IT NOW. Oops, I just noticed that I had the Caps-Lock on.
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in March 20th, 2006 @ 16:56Are there other things to click on that do stuff?
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in March 20th, 2006 @ 17:30i don’t think so….at least, i’ve never seen or heard of any others….
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in March 20th, 2006 @ 18:50Harry Potter rocks!!!! They are some by most absolutely favourite books!! (No, I’m not British, I just think British spelling is cool) Speaking of which, I don’t think Scholastic should have Americanized the Harry Potter books. For example, in the UK, book number one is calle HP and the Philosopher’s Stone, instead of Sorcerer’s Stone. Also, on the hut on the rock in the sea in B1, in the US versions, it says they burned an empty bag of chips. But I don’t think that what Brits refer to as chips (french fries to Americans) are eaten in BAGS. I’ve certainly never seen a bag of french fries.
Anyway, it seems that lots of other people have this opinion, but I think RAB who took the locket Horcrux is Regulus Black, Sirius’s brother. (By the way, I think the idea of Lupin and Sirius being lovers is pretty crazy, but technically I suppose it’s possible.)
Also, I’ve got this really bad feeling that Harry wasn’t supposed to be killed in order to make a Horcrux, but that he himself was to be, and is, Voldemort’s sixth Horcrux. Which, unfortunately, means that Harry will have to die in the seventh book.
I don’t think Snape is evil. I know, that doesn’t make much sense, as he killed Dumbledore, but when he made the Unforgivable Vow/Promise, (I forgot what exactly it was called, after all I’ve only read B6 twice), he seemed awfully hesitant. I think he was loyal to Dumbledore, and that Dumbledore told him to make the vow so that Snape’s cover wasn’t blown.
Anyways, that’s just my thoughts. By the way hermione/Ron are definitely a great couple, if they can get over their stupid arguments. So are Harry/Ginny, although I had been thinking more along the lines of Harry/Luna. Luna Lovegood rocks!!!! I think I look like her, minus the protruberant eyes, of course.
The Potter movies are horrible!! They are WAY to different from the books. The first two were all right, but the third and fourth were absolutely horrible. That werewolf didn’t look anything at all like what a werewolf would based on JK’s sort of descriptions. Cause if that’s what she envisioned a werewolf to look like, would she have had Snape ask, when he was subbing for Dark Arts, ‘What’s the difference between a werewolf and a true wolf?’ or something along those lines? And Hermione answered that there are a few small differences. Well, if there are only a few small differences, then that werewolf in the movie should look like a true wolf. And not even somebody who is half or more blind could possible mistake that werewolf for a true wolf. (No offense to blind people intended.) They changed the question in the movie to what’s the dif between a werewolf and an animagus.
The fourth movie was even worse than the third one though. Of course, not all of my reasons for thinking that have to do with how it compared in relation to the books. When I begged my family into taking me to the GF moving on Nov. 19, my dog attempted one of her porch escape tricks. In other words, she pried up the fencing on our back porch, then tried to crawl through the slats which are about a foot or less apart and she was a 65 lb husky mutt. This wasn’t the first time she’d done this, but this time she got stuck, and was hanging upside down by her hips for who knows how long. When we got home, we ended up taking her to the vets, but she didn’t make it through the night, of course the idiot vet didn’t spend the night, and didn’t even know how to turn the light on the X-ray machine on–she had to call a tech. Amy (my dog) was about nine and a half years old, but she didn’t act old. My family and I had had her since summer ’96, when I was six. She would’ve turned ten this April.
That’s probably one of the main reasons I hate the Goblet of Fire movie, and yet for whatever bizarre reason, I like the sound track for that movie best, perhaps becuase it has a different composer, and I want the DVD of the movie for my 16th birthday (March 29). Crazy, huh?
Anyways, I think I’ve said more than enough for this entry.
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in March 21st, 2006 @ 12:11233- i spell the brittish way, too, though i am american! luna is definately the coolest character….but i have to say that movie 3 was the worst. everything was totally out of order. if it was even IN the book……
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in March 21st, 2006 @ 15:04Yeah, I don’t think they should have changed the books. Did they americanize the spelling too?
People have said this zillions of times, but….
The star “SIRIUS” is in the constelllation of a dog
The star “REGALUS” is in Leo (the lion)
The star “BELLATRIX” is in Orion
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in March 21st, 2006 @ 19:05wow on comment 50 i meant to say that PoA was my fav. book, not movie…oops
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in March 21st, 2006 @ 19:06i love the scene in the first movie when harry, ron, and hermy all shout, “aaaah.” upon seeing fluffy. (mind you, neville was supposed to be in that scene……)
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in March 22nd, 2006 @ 06:42My favorite book is PoA too.
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in March 22nd, 2006 @ 14:39huzzah. and naturally, my favourite character is sirius. followed by luna, neville, tonks, lupin, and dumbledore. in that order. yay, order!
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in March 22nd, 2006 @ 14:47I like sirius, but I also like hagrid, but I have to say my favourite is probably sirius.
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in March 22nd, 2006 @ 16:15hagrid is cool. he gets a bit irksome when he starts crying, though.
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in March 22nd, 2006 @ 16:57very true…very true
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in March 23rd, 2006 @ 18:01I love PoA the best. Only the movie was bad.
233: Wonderful rant!
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in March 24th, 2006 @ 11:52Snape=evil
dumbledore=not dead
malfoy=hot(not really)
ginny=to young for harry7
ron=insane
hermione=flertatious
hagrid=in need of a bath
voldemort=ugly
harry=??????????????
jk=:-)
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in March 24th, 2006 @ 13:28If it says jk, does that mean that you really believe the opposite of what you said? like this:
Snape: Good
Dumbledore: dead
Malfoy: ugly (not really)
Ginny: perfect age for Harry
Ron: sane
Hermione: Not flirtatious
Hagrid: smells beautiful
Voldemort: hot
Harry: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
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in March 24th, 2006 @ 14:53# 235, yep, they Americanized the spelling, too. In the US copies favorite isn’t spelled ‘favourite’ which is the British spelling, gray isn’t spelled with an ‘e’, color isn’t spelled ‘colour’ and so on. Since JKR is British she would have spelled them that way, so in my opinion the spelling was Americanized, which is stupid.
#243, thanks, I kind of liked my rant too, except it was long.
I hate Cho, BECAUSE she was dating Harry. I mean, who would be trying to get somebody to date her just a few MONTHS after her boyfriend died? Nobody who actually CARED about that person. Anyway…
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in March 24th, 2006 @ 15:06voldy’s not too bad-looking. he just needs a nose.
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in March 24th, 2006 @ 15:16Yeah,all he had were two little slit things…..kinda like a snake
I CAN”T BELIEVE THEY AMERICANIZED THE SPELLING!!!!!!
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in March 24th, 2006 @ 16:06supposedly they americanized the spelling because american kids wouldnt understand british spellings. I say its an insult to our intelligence.
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in March 24th, 2006 @ 16:18i hate harry potter
he is s stupid guy
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in March 24th, 2006 @ 17:20It’s a HUGE insult to our intelligence. The spelling isn’t so different that we wouldn’t be able to understand it. Plus, British spelling’s awsomer. (Yeah, I know that’s not a word, but I don’t care.)
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in March 24th, 2006 @ 18:06I mostly use british spelling
IT IS AN INSULT TO OUR INTELLIGENCE!!!
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in March 24th, 2006 @ 19:55if the kids can’t read, that’s their own problem for being utterly illeterate. besides, they can get the tapes. KEEP THE BRITISH SPELLING!!
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in March 24th, 2006 @ 23:03If i can understand it in french they can understand it in british.
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 08:53violetfire (245), did you really mean to write that??? well, thats what you think. i thought that Regulus was a death eater.
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 10:33I know he diefinalty needs a nose!!!! I wonder how much make-up he had to put on to have no nose!!!
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 10:42Didn’t Regalus stop being a death eater? Or was that someone else…..?
How much different is color/colour or favorite/favourite?!?! who can’t figure that out?!?!?!
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 13:02256- they edited it out after filming it. i saw it on the EXTRA CONTENT dvd. they also showed him with a nose. he looked much better.
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 13:20he did, once someone was going to kill him.
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 13:48255: Actually, I was just making fun of your post.
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 14:15257- it’s just how the british say/write it… there’s really no difference. oh wait, were u asking if they were different or who can’t figure out that there’s no difference?? oh vell…
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 14:38Ohhhhhhh………
so it was digitally taken out….that is cool. We have the DVD, but it doesn’t have an extra features disk on it…oh well.
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 16:00My mom thought it was scary and covered my eyes, odd. Good movie. I liked the dragons! 8-}
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 16:15oooooh. i got the special edition one. i’m pathetically obsessed.
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 17:25I liked the dragons too, I especially liked the ones that they pulled out of the bag, they were so little and were really cute
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 18:13my mom cried through most of it. she does that in every movie, though.
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in March 25th, 2006 @ 22:59I watched half of the harry potter goblet of fire movie tonight. Then it was night night for my brother, so night night we went. Though obviously, I’m still up.
I know why harry potter is so popular.
It takes people away from the world. THey can immaginee, and go back to their dreams that they had as a kid, or if your a kid like me, that they have. They have these dreams, because aliens are trying to tell us something. And we ignore it. If we opened our minds, we would go to a different realm, and experience a new life, like harry potter. I just wish i was there. I want to see it. I think muse should do an issue on castles. I LOOOVVVVEEEE castles.
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Otzi
in March 26th, 2006 @ 01:04In france, they had this ultracool caatle that was more a village….people lived there and stuff. they also had a prototype catapult held together by bic pens that this random guy told me (Then 9) in french (a language i forgot) to sit down on top of. Um, No.
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in March 26th, 2006 @ 14:57My mom cried too……………. lol
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in March 26th, 2006 @ 16:46(233) that is always how i spell favourite.
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in March 26th, 2006 @ 17:30270- yeah, it’s a neat way of spelling favourite. it makes it look all fancy.
favourite
colourawesomeness
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in March 26th, 2006 @ 20:23I certianly liked Daniel Radcliff’s hair a lot better in Goblet of Fire.
The Sorcerrer’s Stone movie was almost perfect, but Harry’s hair was really dissapoitning. I mean it was described by Rowling as being untidy, and it looked really good in the first one.
The Chamber of Secrets was a little better, Harry Potter hairstylewise. Prisoner of Azkaban was about the same, but Goblet of Fire struck just the right cord. Daniel grew his hair out some, so now Harry’s hair is a little more unkempt looking. I’m not saying it looks messy throughout the entire movie, I’m just saying I’m glad they finally gave Harry the kind of hairstyle he deserves.
Oh annd Rupert Grint/Ron’s new hairstyle is pretty cool also.
I wonder where they got the idea for that. There was nothing in the book about Ron suddenly having shoulder length hair in the fourth year. It took me a little while to adjust to the shock, but now I actually like it better then then the first three hairstyles.
Emma Watson/Hermione’s hair hasn’t really changed that much, but who give’s a rat’s butt? I can’t wait for them to finish making the Harry Potter movies so I can see Emma Watson in some other movie. I really hope she decides to star in some other movies.
One of the Azkaban DVD bonus feattures has Daniel saying he’d like to be a director. I’m pretty sure that’s what he said. I’d go and see a movie directed by him.
In closing, let me just say, that the best thing about the Harry Potter movies, is that unlike most movies that featturre sequels, all of the sequels have been good.
With a lot of movies, it seems that the sequels are never as good as the first. The two exceptions that I know of, would have to be LOTR, and POTTER.
Whenver I go to the theater to see a new Harry film, I keep praying that this wont turn out to be the one where they start going downhill.
Luckily, they haven’t.
Bye.
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in March 27th, 2006 @ 05:45272- agreed.
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in March 27th, 2006 @ 07:17ahh i have been away for spring break all week. what did i miss?
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in March 27th, 2006 @ 09:02good question
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in March 27th, 2006 @ 14:20Did you know that Voldemort means ‘flight of death’ or something like that in French? Of course, it’s not all one word, and no, I did not figure that out on my own. I read it somewhere. (I don’t really know any French. French is impossible to speak!!!)
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in March 27th, 2006 @ 15:10I think they’re recasting Ron, Harry, Malfoy, and maybe Neville(I don’t think they are recasting Hermione, because she isn’t to old for the part) for the next movie
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in March 27th, 2006 @ 15:32daniel’s scar migrated over the movies. just look at the movie covers.
i liked emma’s hair best in the first movie. she really looked hermoine there. all messy and magickal.
matthew (lewis, as in neville) is definately the best. *dances with imaginary partner*
rupert is hillarious. “’nuff” said.
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in March 27th, 2006 @ 15:53I don’t think Dan Radcliffe’s being recast in the fifth. I think they decided to keep him. Dunno about the others.
I agree about Hermione’s hair. It’s lost it’s bushiness by the third movie. In the third she actually looks pretty, not like Hermione.
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in March 27th, 2006 @ 16:39everyone was so cute in the first movie! back when they were wee midgets….i didn’t think that they were going to be recast….though i think there have been different people playing lily&james in all the movies….i must check the credits…
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in March 28th, 2006 @ 14:58No, Lily and James have been played by the same people in all the movies. I know!!! Whenever I re-watch the first movie, I always think they are really little + cute too!
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in March 29th, 2006 @ 14:52seriously? i thought they looked different…
i couldn’t believe the dursleys were cut out of GoF. TON-TONGUE TOFFEE, PEOPLE! and the house elves were in it for 0.00002345 seconds. aargh.
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in March 29th, 2006 @ 16:40They had the house elves in the movie? Really? I don’t remember them… Or by 0.00002345 seconds do you mean they weren’t there at all?
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in March 30th, 2006 @ 14:50there were two elves riding on like horses or camels or something for 0.00002345 seconds in the camp ground place. i didn’t even notice until the second time i saw the movie, actually.
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in March 30th, 2006 @ 15:15Yeah, the Ton-Tongue Toffee was really funny!
Really, I didn’t notice them at all..When did you see them? [the house elves]
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in March 30th, 2006 @ 18:11I got the BRITISH PUBLICATIONS of all six HARRY POTTER BOOKS for my b-day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIPPEE!!!!
Now I can go through and make a list of everything that’s different. In fact, I’ve already started and have found over a hundred so far and Harry’s only just about to go to Gringotts. Anyway, if anybody’s interested in hearing about the differences, please say so, and I’ll post ’em here. Unless somebody says they’re interested, I won’t bother posting ’em, though.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 06:50Post them!! I’d like to hear them
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 14:10Okay, here we go. I’ve probably missed some of the more minor differences, ’cause I have to keep looking back and forth between the books. Also, some of the differences I’ve written down are REALLY minor, like something’s italicized in our books but not in the British ones, or vice versa. Also, I’ve found lots more than I had yesterday…
You know what’s really great? Is that either Robert or Rosanne HAS to read every single one of these! I almost feel sorry for which ever one it is, but not really.
The specific differences are all for Book One so far. General differences, like spelling are mentioned only once. So if I say colour, not color, that means it’s that way throughout the book. Oh, yeah, the way it is in the British publications is mentioned first.
British publications don’t have a table of contents, or pictures at the beginning of the chapters.
1. Philosopher’s Stone not Sorcerer’s Stone
2. No periods after Mr and Mrs in the British publications
3. moustache not mustache
4. neighbours not neighbors
5. grey not gray
6. goodbye not good-bye
7. Single quote marks for dialogue not double
8. realise not realize
9. It was now reading the sign that said Privet Drive. (Privet Drive is italicized in the British.) [Pg. 3 US; Pg. 8 UK]
10. get-ups not getups
11. car park not parking lot
12. lunch-time not lunchtime
13. He was in a very good mood until lunch-time, when he thought he’d stretch his legs and walk across the road to buy himself a bun from the baker’s opposite NOT He was in a very good mood until lunchtime, when he thought he’d stretch his legs and walk across the road to buy himself a bun from the bakery. [Pg. 4 US; Pg. 9 UK]
14. This lot were whispering excitedly, too, and he couldn’t see a single collecting tin. NOT This bunch were whispering excitedly, too, and he couldn’t see a single collecting tin. [Pg. 4 US; Pg. 9 UK]
15. Dialling not dialing
16. Passers-by not passersby
17. …stare: ‘Don’t be sorry, my dear sir, for nothing could upset me today! NOT …stare, “Don’t be sorry, my dear sir, for nothing could upset me today! [Pg. 5 US; Pg. 10 UK]
18. He hurried to his car and set off home… NOT He hurried to his car and set off for home… [Pg. 5 US; Pg. 10 UK]
19. behaviour not behavior ALSO (Was this normal cat behaviour, Mr Dursley wondered. NOT Was this normal cat behavior? Mr. Dursley wondered.) [Pg. 6 US; Pg. 10 UK]
20. learnt not learned
21. …learnt a new word (‘Shan’t!’). not …learned a new word (“Won’t!”). [Pg. 6 US; Pg. 10 UK]
22. living-room not living room
23. No comma before and/or in lists
24. …you know…her lot.’ NOT …you know…her crowd.” (Also, both her and lot are italicized in the UK, whereas in the US only her is italicized.) [Pg. 7 US; Pg. 11 UK]
25. …on. He yawned and turned over. It… NOT …on–he yawned and turned over–it… [Pg. 8 US; Pg. 12 UK]
Oh, another generality, in the US books, it’s often …. instead of …
Well, I’m going to go ahead and submit this and continue with a new post so that this gets processed quicker.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 14:40Differences (cont.)
26. rumours not rumors
27. …so she went on: ‘A fine thing it would be… NOT …so whe went on. “A fine thing it would be… [Pg. 10 US; Pg. 13]
28. sherbet lemon not lemon drop (and yes I do mean sherbet and not sherbert)
29. …You-Know–oh, all right, Voldemort–was frightened of.’ NOT …You-Know-oh, all right, Voldemort, was frightened of.” (Oh, Voldemort is italicized in both copies, I just don’t know how to italicize…) [Pg. 11 US; Pg. 14 UK]
30. ‘The owls are nothing to the rumours that are flying aroud. NOT “The owls are nothing next to the rumors that are flying aroud. (rumour/rumor italicized in both) [Pg. 11 US; Pg. 14 UK]
31. … waiting on a cold hard wall all day… NOT …waiting on a cold, hard wall all day… [Pg. 11 US; Pg. 14 UK]
32. motorbike not motorcycle
33. Scars can come in useful. NOT Scars can come in handy. [Pg. 15 US; Pg. 17 UK]
34. …above my left knee which is a perfect map of the London Underground. NOT …above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground. [Pg. 15 US; Pg. 17 UK]
35. I’d best get this bike away. NOT I’ll be takin’ Sirius his bike back. [Pg. 16 US; Pg. 17 UK]
36. Often … not ….
37. bobble hats not bonnets (at least when they’re talking about Dudley in his baby pictures)
38. roundabout not carousel
39. cooker not stove
40. on to not onto (However, I think it is sometimes onto in the British copies)
41. got not gotten
42. favourite not favorite
43. punch-bag not punching bag
44. Sellotape not Scotch tape
45. …forehead which was shaped like a bolt of lightning. NOT …forehead that was shaped like a bolt of lightning. [Pg. 20 US; Pg. 20 UK]
46. Mummy not Mommy (Also Mum not Mom) (They weren’t even consistent in changing Mummy/Mum to Mommy/Mom. There are spots in the US ones where either Mummy or Mum get used.)
47. Aunt Petunia obviously scented danger too… NOT Aunt Petunia obviously scented danger, too… [Pg. 21 US; Pg. 21 UK]
48. Atta boy, Dudley!’ NOT ‘Atta boy, Dudley!” [ Pg. 22 US; Pg. 21 UK]
49. cine-camera not video camera
50. remote-control aeroplane not remote control airplane
Now, we submit and start a new post… (Wonder where that we came from…I’m only one person…)
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 15:05That is a lot of differences. They must think we’re really stupid – making all those changes. Changing “which” to “that”
Who can’t understand that!!!?!
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 15:15Differences (cont. AGAIN)
51. video recorder not VCR
52. …came back from the telephone, looking both angry and worried. NOT …came back from the telephone looking both angry and worried. [Pg. 22 US; Pg. 21 UK]
53. …fell open in horror but Harry’s heart… NOT …fell open in horror, but Harry’s heart… [Pg. 22 US; Pg. 21 UK]
54. hamburger bars not hamburger restaurants
55. cinema not movies (They weren’t consistent about his though, ’cause I know I saw cinema in the US copies somewhere)
56. …Dudley yelled between huge pretend sobs. NOT …Dudley yelled between huge, pretend sobs. [Pg. 23 US; Pg. 22 UK
57. jumper not sweater
58. orange bobbles not orange puff balls
59. glove puppet not hand puppet
60. …jump behind the big bins outside… NOT …jump behind the big trash cans outside… [Pg. 25 US; Pg. 24 UK]
61. …face like a gigantic beetroot with a moustache, ‘MOTRBIKES DON’T FLY!’… NOT …face like a gigantic beet with a mustache: “MOTORCYCLES DON’T FLY!”… [Pg. 25 US; Pg. 24 UK]
62. ice lolly not ice pop
63. …and looking remarkably like Dudley… NOT …who looked remarkably like Dudley… [Pg. 26 US; Pg. 24 UK]
64. …knickerbocker glory wasn’t big enough… NOT …knickerbocker glory didn’t have enough ice cream on top… [Pg. 26 US; Pg. 24 UK]
65. dust-bin not trash can
66. …to wake you up–at least he got… NOT …to wake you up; at least he got… [Pg. 27 US; Pg. 25 UK]
67. no return between…plainly: and ‘I… in UK versions. [Pg. 27 US; Pg. 25 UK]
68. Boa Constrictor, Brazil italicized in UK versions [Pg. 28 US; Pg. 26 UK]
69. This specimen was bred in the zoo. italicized in UK versions [Pg. 28 US; Pg. 26 UK]
70. apologised not apologized
71. …collapsed into a chair and Aunt Petunia… NOT …collapsed into a chair, and Aunt Petunia… [Pg. 29 US; Pg. 26 UK]
72. Put a * instead of just skipping a line like in the US book [Pg. 29 US; Pg. 26 UK]
73. Dudley had a place at Uncle Vernon’s old school, Smeltings. NOT Dudley had been accepted at Uncle Vernon’s old private school Smeltings. [Pg. 32 US; Pg. 28 UK]
74. …Stonewall High, the local comprehensive. NOT …Stonewall High, the local public school. [Pg. 32 US; Pg. 28 UK]
75. …heads down the toilet first day at Stonewall… NOT …heads down the toilet the first day at Stonewall… [Pg. 32 US; Pg. 28 UK]
Now, time to submit these 25, and I’ll start on the next soon, but my sister needs the computer for a few minutes…that is I hope it’s only for a few minutes…
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 15:53Differences (cont. for the 3rd time)
76. practise not practice
77. ‘No thanks,’ said Harry. NOT “No, thanks,” said Harry. [Pg. 32 US; Pg. 28 UK]
78. US versions have *** before paragraph starting There was a horrible smell… UK version just contiues on with no spaces or asterisks. (UK versions either to * or no spaces, while the US either do *** or skip a line.)
79. …horrible smell in the kitchen next morning… NOT …horrible smell in the kitchen the next morning… [Pg. 33 US; Pg. 29 UK]
80. letter-box not mail slot
81. post not mail
82. Hate to say it, but I like the font for the address on Harry’s letters better in the US versions. UK versions just use regular font italicized. They do the same thing for notes from Hagrid and other people later in the book/s.
83. ‘H’ not an italicized H [Pg. 34 US; Pg. 30 UK]
84. Smeltings stick not Smelting stick
85. programme not program
86. cancelled not canceled
87. air-rifle not air rifle
88. …bawling at his mother: ‘I… NOT …bawling at his mother, “I… [Pg. 38 US; Pg. 32 UK]
89. Mr H. Potter… italicized NOT ‘Mr. H. Potter…’ [Pg. 38 US; Pg. 33 UK]
90. …air–he’d trodden on something… NOT …air; he’d trodden on something… [Pg. 39 US; Pg. 33 UK]
91. …the big squashy something had… NOT …the big, squashy something something had… [Pg. 39 US; Pg. 33 UK]
92. On Friday, no fewer than… NOT On Friday, no less than… [Pg. 40 US; Pg. 34 UK]
93. toilet not bathroom
94. motorway not highway
95. window-sill not windowsill
96. …toast for breakfast next day. NOT …toast for breakfast the next day. [Pg. 42 US; Pg. 36 UK]
97. dining-room not dining room
98. multi-storey car park NOT multilevel parking garage
99. …all inside the car and disappeared. NOT …all inside the car, and disappeared. [Pg. 43 US; Pg. 36 UK]
100. coat-hanger not coat hanger
And now I’ll submit this and start a new post…By the way, this isn’t even half of the ones I’ve gotten so far…Sorry GAPA, no sympathy…
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 15:57Yeah, believe me, I know it’s a lot of mistakes after all I wrote ’em down in a note book and type ’em into a computer. But it’s all fun!
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 15:59I don’t mind. I have the British editions of all the books and, as an editor, take a professional interest in the differences. I suspect, though I haven’t checked closely, that the later books came out at the same time on both sides of the Atlantic and got less editorial attention overall. If so, I’d expect the British and American editions to be more similar for them than for the earlier ones.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 16:28Differences (cont. for the, um, fourth time, I think…)
101. snivelled not sniveled (actually this should be 100, but I accidentally skipped it when I was typing ’em up.)
102. rowing boat not rowboat
103. crisps not chips
104. shrivelled not shriveled
105. mouldy not moldy
106. …lumpy bed next door and Harry… NOT …lumpy bed next door, and Harry… [Pg. 45 US; Pg. 37 UK]
107. letter-writer not letterwriter
108. crisp packets not chip bags
109. maths not math
110. Mr H. Potter…italicized not Mr. H. Potter… [Pg. 51 US; Pg. 42 UK]
111. 1 September not September 1
112. 31 July not July 31
113. No actual signature on letter
114. Mr Dumbledore not Professor Dumbledore [Pg. 52 US; Pg. 43 UK]
115. Wizard, indeed! NOT Wizard indeed! [Pg. 53 US; Pg. 44 UK]
116. frog-spawn not frog spawn
117. Hallowe’en not Halloween
118. …time in his life–a high, cold… NOT …time in his life: a high, cold… [Pg. 56 US; Pg. 46 UK]
119. …clouted by Dudley and bullied… NOT …clouted by Dudley, and bullied… [Pg. 57 US; Pg. 47 UK]
120. …when you was scared, or angry?’ NOT …when you was scared or angry?” [Pg. 58 US; Pg. 47 UK]
121. …sharp squeal and next second… NOT …sharp squeal, and the next second… [Pg. 59 US; Pg. 48 UK]
122. ‘And there’s…the door,’ not italicized as in the US (the way thoughts are written in the UK don’t really seem to follow any pattern some are in single quotes, some are italicized and I think some weren’t anything.) [Pg. 61 US; Pg. 49 UK]
123. mint humbugs not peppermint humbugs
124. …bronze coins and the owl… NOT …bronze coins, and the owl… [Pg. 62 US; Pg. 50 UK]
125. harbour not harbor
Well, I’m going to take a short break and eat a late lunch (it’s about 1:30) but then I’ll continue with the differences.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 16:33Robert, the later books are more similar. I haven’t really looked at my British ones past B1, but I remember that in the US version of B6, the didn’t change trainers to sneakers, and that in B4 they didn’t change dust bins to trash cans. There were probably other things they didn’t change, but I don’t remember any others right off.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 16:35Correcting my post #293, they’re not mistakes, just differences. I typed mistakes by accident.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 16:46That was my impression. Nowadays the demand for the books is so high that the publishers probably print them as soon as the last paragraph comes in, without editing them much at all. They may use the search-and-replace and spell-check functions on a word processor to catch the big differences between British and American usage, but that’s probably about it.
Not all of the trans-Atlantic differences represent British-vs.-American usage, by the way. Some look to me like mistakes in the British text, which the American editors caught while rereading the books to Americanize them. Also, spelling differences aside, I’ve found that Americans are just more careful about some things than British writers are. (I’ve spent a lot of time in the U.K.) You’d might think the language would be in better shape back in the Old Country, but that’s not necessarily so. In many ways it’s better over here.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 17:30298- really? that’s muy interesante. the language ingles seems to be deteriorating ecerywhere. and it’s morphing into espanol in este comment. ¿Que pasa? speaking of which, i’m sure you’ve seen the news about the illegal immigrants. non-citizens demanding citizens’ rights….where is the logic in that? i was reading an editorial about that today, and i shall paraphrase it in a line or so:
their arguement would more convincing if they immigrated legally, or if, at least, they asked for rights in english whilst waving the american flag.does the US actually have an official language? i’m not sure…
this probably belongs in the Mews Nuse thread…
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 17:38Yeah, there are some things that I think look sort of like mistakes in the UK ones also, like saying Gryffindor were or Slytherin were. But maybe Gryffiindor and Slytherin are supposed to be both singular and plural like the word moose. But they could be mistakes, too.
Just wondering is using ‘got’ or ‘gotten’ more proper. Like in this sentence from HP:
He had had it as long as he could remember, and the first question he could ever remember asking his Aunt Petunia was how he had gotten it.
OR
He had had it as long as he could remember, and the first question he could ever remember asking his Aunt Petunia was how he had got it.
Which is more proper, or does it really matter? Just curious.
Anyway, back to the differences.
126. List of uniform things italicized in UK
127. Set Books not Course Books
128. Author is italicized not title for course books
129. Other Equipment items italicized in UK versions
130. humour not humor
131. gummy walnut not toothless walnut
132. honour not honor
133. Defence not Defense
134. Cauldrons…Collapsible is italicized [Pg. 71 US; Pg. 556 UK]
135. apothecary’s not Apothecary
136. Eeylops…Snowy is italicized [Pg. 72 US; Pg. 56. UK]
137. snowy-white not snowy white
138. …white stone steps towards him. NOT …white stone steps toward him [Pg. 72 US; Pg. 56 UK]
139. …said Hagrid and he started… NOT …said Hagrid, and he started… [Pg. 73 US; Pg. 57 UK]
140. on to not onto (Yeah, I think I already said that, but oh well)
141. leant not leaned
142. …at the dark bottom but Hagrid… NOT …at the dark bottom, but Hagrid… [Pg. 75 US; Pg. 59 UK]
143. …said Griphook, with a rather nasty grin. NOT …said Griphook with a rather nasty grin. [Pg. 76 US; Pg. 59 UK]
144. cart-ride not cart ride
145. Madam Malkin’s…Occasion is italicized in UK books
146. Hullo not Hello
147. football not soccer
148. glittery black not glittery-black
149. Ollivanders…BC (italicized) NOT Ollivanders…B.C. [Pg. 82 US; Pg. 63 UK]
150. He Who Must Not Be Name NOT He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
Submitting…
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 17:57Differences (cont. for whatever time)
151. late-afternoon not late afternoon
152. gawping not gawking
153. Half-terrified, half-furious NOT Half terrified, half furious
154. hoover not vacuum
155. …King’s Cross station next day… NOT …King’s Cross station the next day… [Pg. 89 US; Pg. 67 UK]
156. ‘Taking Dudley to hospital… NOT “Taking Dudley to the hospital… [Pg. 90 US; Pg. 68 UK]
157. trolley not cart
158. time-wasters not time wasters
159. divide not dividing barrier
160. rucksack not backpack
161. ‘Honestly, woman, call yourself our mother?’ NOT “Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother?” [Pg. 92 US; Pg. 70 UK]
162. OK not okay
163. ticket box not barrier
164. half-hidden not half hidden
165. Prect not prefect
166. fringe not bangs
167. flavour not flavor
168. Formatting on Wizard Card is basically nonexistent in UK versions
169. bogey not booger (they didn’t always remember to change this. When Harry pulls his wand out of the trolls nose he says bogies in the US version)
170. Sunshine…yellow spell not italicized and centered in UK versions
171. recognised not recognised
172. riff-raff not riffraff
173. deep-purple not deep purple
174. trainers not sneakers
175. Firs’-years not Firs’ years (also first-years not first years)
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 17:58Brits often use plural verbs with nouns that are technically singular but that they think of as being plural. For example, instead of saying “Gryffindor was out in force,” they would imagine all the hordes of students in Gryffindor and say “Gryffindor were…” That’s particularly true of sports teams.
Brits never use “gotten” at all. As far as they’re concerned, it’s a quaint, old-fashioned verb form that silly Americans haven’t let go of yet. That’s easy to understand, because it’s how we feel when we hear them using “learnt.” The difference is that they sound cool to us, whereas we sound like hicks to them.
Oh, yes, and they also say “to hospital” and “in hospital” instead of “to/in the hospital,” as Americans do. It’s like saying “to/in school” or “to/in church.” The British way sounds strange to us, but it’s more consistent, when you think about it.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 18:19Post 300, difference 150. It should be He Who Must Not Be Named. I accidentally forgot the ‘d’.
Anyway…
176. Entrance Hall not entrance hall
177. Hogwarts: A History NOT Hogwarts, A History
178. No commas after… when listing names [Pg. 121 US; Pg. 90 UK]
179. Hall not hall (when referring to the Great Hall)
180. thumbs-up not thumbs up
181. chips not fries
182. House Championship not house championship
183. Gryffindor have never gone so long without winning. NOT Gryffindors have never gone so long without winning. (Is this a mistake in the UK versions? Could be, but it happens an awful lot to just be a mistake.) [Pg. 124 US; Pg. 92 UK]
184. Slytherin have got the cup six years in a row! NOT Slytherins have got the cup six years in a row! (Personally, I think Gryffindor has and Slytherin has would sound much better than both the way the UK and the way the US did it.) [Pg. 124 US; Pg. 92-93 UK]
185. jelly not Jell-O
186. ‘I’m half and half… NOT “I’m half-and-half… [Pg. 125 US; Pg. 93 UK]
187. Mam not Mom
188. great-uncle not Great Uncle
189. great-auntie not Great Auntie
190. puddings not desserts
191. …in the grounds… not …on the grounds… [Pg. 127 US; Pg. 94 UK]
192. …second week of term. NOT …second week of the term. [Pg. 127 US; Pg. 94 UK]
193. snake-like not snakelike
194. pop is italicized in UK versions [Pg. 129 US; Pg. 96 UK]
195. armour not armor
196. Caput Draconis is capitalized in the UK versions
197. cosy not cozy
198. …hung with deep-red velvet curtains. NOT …hung with deep red, velvet curtains. [Pg. 130 US; Pg. 97 UK]
199. pyjamas not pajamas
200. queuing not lining up
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 18:50“Deep red, velvet curtains.” Now, that’s just wrong.
I explained “Gryffindor have never…” in an earlier comment. I agree, your solution is better than the American version’s.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 18:56I noticed that in GoF that the shadow people come out of the connection between Harry’s and Voldemort’s wands in two different orders, depending on which version of the book.
I also noticed that when Ron is describing his nighttime attack by Sirius, he says Sirius “scampered” in the U.S version, but in the U.K. version Sirius “scarpered.” Personally, i like scarpered better I love British words.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 19:07Thanks for the response Robert! I’d noticed the Gryffindor/Slytherin/Hufflepuff/Ravnclaw singular/plural thing, but hadn’t noticed that it was only when they were being referred to as teams of some sort that they were used pluraly. But, come to think of it, it was always in spots that they were teams. Interesting…
201. waste-paper not wastepaper
202. …through a door which unluckily… NOT …through a door that unluckily… [Pg. 132 US; Pg. 99 UK]
203. lamp-like not lamplike
204. staff-room not staff room
205. At the start of their first lesson… NOT At the start of their first class… [Pg. 133 US; Pg. 99 UK]
206. register not roll call
207. …they had sat down… NOT …they sat down… [Pg. 133 US; Pg. 100 UK]
208. Slytherin house not Slytherin House
209. The phrase (it said, in a very untidy scrawl) is in parentethes after Dear Harry, in the UK ones instead of as a sentence after the sentence Harry…once. [Pg. 135 US; Pg. 101 UK]
210. criticising not criticizing
211. …the whole class were standing… NOT …the whole class was standing… [Pg. 139 US; Pg. 103 UK]
212. Forest not forest (when referring to the Forbidden Forest)
213. Daily Prophet article is italicized [Pg. 141-142 US; Pg. 105 UK]
214. dark not Dark (when referring to the Dark side, or whatever)
215. …getting in the house… not …getting on the house…
216. Forbidden Forest not forbidden forest
217. mid-air not midair
218. steak-and-kidney not steak and kidney
219. dressing-gowns not bathrobes
220. …Hogwarts next day… NOT …Hogwarts the next day… [Pg. 163 US; Pg. 121 UK]
221. …by next morning… NOT …by the next morning… [Pg. 163 US; Pg. 121 UK]
222. Italicized letter with broom–no signature
223. rounders bat not short baseball bat
224. zig-zagging not zigzagging
225. …Privet Drive had ever done. NOT …Privet Drive ever had. [Pg. 170 US; Pg. 126 UK]
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 19:44Ok. With 225 of these, no offense, but your starting to scare me. I wish i had as much time on my hands as you Ms /. Michelle W.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 19:45Meritorious Mer, technically, supposedly, James Potter coming out first is wrong. People are supposed to come out in the opposite order they were killed in. In one of the books, it says that James was killed before Lily, so Lily should come out first. So, when people noticed James coming out first and pointed this out, JK Rowling said it was a mistake, but who knows, it might not’ve been a mistake and she just didn’t want to admit that they were killed in a different order than had been stated previously. So, they were changed in later versions to correct for this–possibly–mistake.
In early versions of B2, it says Tom Riddle is Voldemort’s last remaining ancestor. Is this suppposed to make sense? Who knows. It was changed from ancestor to descendant in later books.
Anyway, back to differences.
226. jacket potato not baked potato
227. he took not He took
228. rabbit-fur not rabbit fur
229. nobbled not clobbered
230. …Marcus Flint, a fifth-year. NOT …Marcus Flint, a sixth year. [Pg. 185 US; Pg. 136 UK]
231. Potter for President is italicized
232. Slytherin have… NOT Slytherins have… (ought to be Slytherin has…) [Pg. 186 US; Pg. 137 UK]
233. Gryffindor take… NOT Gryffindors take… (once again, ought to be Gryffindor has…) [Pg. 186 US; Pg. 137 UK]
234. GRYFFINDOR SCORE not GRYFFINDORS SCORE (again, ought to be GRYFFINDOR SCORES) [Pg. 186 US; Pg. 137 UK]
235. …to let out his feelings. NOT …to let off his feelings. [Pg. 187 US; Pg. 138 UK]
236. span not spun
237. non-stop not nonstop
238. The wholle crowd were on their feet… NOT The whole crowd was on its feet… [Pg. 190 US; Pg. 140 UK]
239. any more not anymore
240. a fortnight not two weeks
241. crumpets not English muffins
242. …woke early next morning… NOT … woke early in the morning… [Pg. 200 US; Pg. 147 UK]
243. Sellotaped not taped
244. home-made not homemade
245. …sides by… not …side by… [Pg. 203 US; Pg. 149 UK]
246. rear-admiral’s not rear admiral’s
247. grow-your-own-warts not Grow-Your-Own-Warts
248. Invisibility Cloak not invisibility cloak
249. ear-splitting not earsplitting
250. Head Boy not head boy
251.short-sighted not nearsighted
252. woollen not woolen
253. counter-curse not countercurse
254. opera-lover not opera lover
255. …you ever dying! NOT …you from ever dying! [Pg. 22o US; Pg. 161 UK]
256. …team weren’t too calm… NOT …team wasn’t too calm… [Pg. 221 US; Pg. 162 UK]
Well, that’s as far as I’ve got so far. I’m not sure when I’ll have time to do much more/type ’em up, as I’ve got standardized testing next week which’ll take a huge chunk of time out my school week (High School whatchamacallit exams). I’ve only had time to do what I’ve done since I was taking spring break this week.
Well, anyway…
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 19:55Darth Yoda, it’s my spring break, so I’ve got nothing better to do. And I really enjoy the Potter books. (My sister/parents say I’m obsessed. Maybe they’re right, who knows?)
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 20:15I agree about the house elves.
I mean the ton tongue tofee wasn’t super duper important, but they’ve got a lotta nerve deleting Dobby and Winky.
Well they’re probably gonna be in the 5th one. What with Kreacher being there and all.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 20:44my favorite potter book was the 4th. the 5th and 6th i didn’t like though. i think rowling is running out of ideas for her books.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 22:26Michelle has a lot of time, doesn’t she?
I’ll have to check the American ones the next time I read them, and I think my local library has copies of the British editions.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 22:39Impressive scholarship! I’ve never read the American editions, but I’m liking them less and less. Did they really think you all couldn’t handle English English? Phooey, I say.
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in March 31st, 2006 @ 23:14I’ve got to agree with you Robert. I mean some of the words like ‘bobble hat’ and ‘trainers’ we Americans might not get, but I imagine we’d at least get the jist of it.
Oh, I’ve got a semi-major typo in difference 165 I accidentally typed:
165. Prect not prefect
but I meant to type
165. Prefect not prefect
In which the only difference is that they capitalize the word ‘prefect’.
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in April 1st, 2006 @ 11:49Wow, Im impressed. Ive only read the British 1st one, both versions of the 2nd, only the US 3rd, both of the 4th and only the US versions of the 5th and 6th. I think some of the changes are silly. I mean, HP is set in Britian, they should be talking like British people!!
I never understood the difference between using “that” and “which”.
I also think I once read that there is a difference in the sorting-hat chapter of the 1st book, which is a whole sentance missing about Dean Thomas or some other kid that you didnt mention, but I dont have the US version to check it. I could be wrong about that though. You could check if you like. Its supposed to be in the bit where there standing in line waiting to be sorted.
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in April 1st, 2006 @ 14:33
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in April 2nd, 2006 @ 00:35315, I’ll check it out. I could’ve missed something, easily, looking back and forth from book to book.
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in April 2nd, 2006 @ 00:36Darling GAPA, or anybody else, HOW DO YOU DO ITALICS???????
And very specifically please, or I won’t get it. Thanks!!!!!
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in April 2nd, 2006 @ 01:31Hi, Michelle W.,
You do italic as in the example below, but substitute greater-than and less-than signs for the parentheses.(i)Stuff you want to say in italics.(/i)
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in April 2nd, 2006 @ 20:22So, like this?
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in April 2nd, 2006 @ 20:23Yes! It worked! Thanks, Rosanne!
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in April 2nd, 2006 @ 20:29Hullo, people. I just wanted to say that I have an unfinished Harry Potter fanfic that I’m going to be posting the prologue and first chapter of on this thread this Monday. I started writing it after Order of the Phoenix came out, so the time frame is Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts. So, anybody who’s interested please read it, ’cause Robert said if enough people are interested in hearing the rest of what I’ve written on it so far, he’ll give me a thread to post it on.
Anyway, it’s about seven chapters. It’s not all that great, and constructive criticism is welcome. Rude comments aren’t but with you all being fellow Musers I don’t think I have to worry about that.
Oh, yeah, any similarities to Half Blood Prince are purely coincidental, ’cause I’ve haven’t written any on it since B6 came out. And, yes, there is one thing in mine similar to B6 in case you’re wondering.
In my story, the girl Rose Larson resembles me, and James and Sarah’s personalities sort of resemble a couple of friends of mine. The names are completely different, though.
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in April 2nd, 2006 @ 21:13By jove, you’ve got it, Michelle W.
Glad to be of service.
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in April 3rd, 2006 @ 12:17Oh my gosh, 315 ( Lemon Curry), you are totally right! I must be absolutely blind. I notice all those punctuation differences, but there’s a whole extra sentence in the US version and I don’t even notice?
I can’t see how I could’ve missed it, but obviously I did…On Pg. 91 of the UK versions it says:
And now there were only three people left to be sorted. ‘Turpin, Lisa’ became a Ravenclaw and then it was Ron’s turn.
On Pg. 122 of the US versions it reads:
And now there were only three people left to be sorted. “Thomas, Dean,” a Black boy even taller than Ron, joined Harry at the Gryffindor table. “Turpin, Lisa,” became a Ravenclaw and then it was Ron’s turn.
Just a note: This makes four people left to be sorted in the US versions, since ‘Zabini, Blaise’ is sorted into Slytherin about a paragraph later. Also, “Black boy” is that really PC?
Thanks for pointing that out, but boy do I feel dumb now!
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in April 3rd, 2006 @ 12:50Hullo, here’s the first little bit of my Harry Potter fanfic. It’s not that great, but oh well. Oh, yeah, see post 322 if you want a little more info.
PROLOGUE
Harry woke suddenly in the middle of the night. He sat up, trying to remember the vision that had awoken him. It had seemed all too real to have just been a dream. Then he remembered. It had started out perfectly normal, as dreams go. He had been sitting on a swing in the park, when he felt the presence of somebone nearby. He looked up and there, sitting on the swing next to him, was his father, looking all shimmery, like a ghost. Then his father spoke, ‘Harry, I know seeing Cedric Diggory killed at the end of the Triwizard Tournament upset you greatly, along with being kept in the dark about everything. But that was no excuse for your behaviour last year. Taking it out on your friends, who were forbidden to tell you anything. I would have expected better of you, Harry. Your behaviour was shameful to me, even if I am dead.’
Then he said softly, ‘I love you Harry, take care,’ and disappeared.
Then, suddenly, Harry was no longer in the park. H e was sitting in Dumbledore’s office around a circular table. There were nine other people at the table, Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore, Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, and four people Harry didn’t recognise. A tall blonde woman who looked pretty close to a female version of Lucious Malfoy, a tall black-haired man, who looked exactly like Harry’s father, a tall brown-haired woman who was looking at the fourth person he didn’t recognise with a look of motherly love in her eyes, and he guessed they were probably mother and daughter. The last person he didn’t know was girl who appeared to be the same age as Harry. She had waist length blonde hair, blue eyes, and was about five and a half feet tall. The vision disintegrated then, and he was once again lying ini his room.
He lay there, pondering if maybe he had a small amount of seers’ blood, and that this was a vision of his future. He decided this couldn’t be. After all, his father was dead, and Dumbledore himself had said it was impossible to raise the dead. His thoughts then turned to ponder the blonde girl. He though her even more beautiful than his ex-girlfriend Cho, whom he had realised after they broke up, wasn’t as great as he’d always thought. What kind of girl, only about three months after her boyfriend dies, starts following another boy around like a lovesick puppy dog, hoping to be asked out? Not a self respecting girl, that’s for sure. And definitely not one who truly had any feelings, otherwise she’d still be mourning her boyfriend, and not immediately falling in love with another boy. And then, right after she broke up with Harry, what did she do but get another boyfriend within a couple weeks. She obviously had no feelings for any of her boyfriends, she just couldn’t stand not to have one.
He pushed his thoughts of the girl out of his mind. What was the point in thinking about her when she was nothing but a dream? He began thinking about what his father had said. When he thought about it, he realised that he had been rather mean to his friends last year. Also, he couldn’t stand to think that his father was ashamed of him. He decided right then that he ewas going to try to act like he had before the death of Cedric. He fell back asleep with the vision of his father still fresh in his mind.
When he awoke the next morning, he still remembered the vision of his father, but had absolutely no memory of the seance, for that was what it had been. As he walked downstairs, he was still savouring his father’s image, and hardly even noticed his uncle’s comments about his needing a haircut. He spent the rest of the day lost in a trance and was completely oblivious to Dudley’s bullying. This upset Dudley greatly, because he hated it when people ignored him.
Harry didn’t even remember it was his sixteenth birthday until that night when he received presents from his friends.
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in April 3rd, 2006 @ 13:07YAY Michelle!
Does anybody know who they’re recasting in the 5th harry potter movie? I tried to look it up, but I couldn’t find it……
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in April 3rd, 2006 @ 15:30CHAPTER ONE
ROSE LARSON
It was September first, and there was a new girl at the King’s Cross Station in London that day. She had recently received a letter of acceptance from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the letter it said that the Hogwarts Express would be leaving from platform nine and three-quarters. Now she was standing there and all she saw was platform nine and ten. She was starting to get worried because the train left in five minutes. She looked around and saw two boys talking with each other. One of the had untidy black hair and was holding a cage with a handsome white owl in it. The other boy had flaming red hair and freckles and also had a cage containing an owl, except this one looked too small to be able to carry much besides letters. She decided it was quite likely they were attending Hogwarts also. She decidied that even if they weren’t, it wouldn’t hurt to ask them where platforrm nine and three-quarters was. She walked over to them and said, ‘Excuse me, but can you tell me where to find platform nine and three-quarters?’
The black-haired boy was giving her an odd look, and she figured he was just curious about a non-British girl who was go ing to Hogwarts. What she didn’t know was that he was thinking about where he might have seen her before, for she looked oddly familiar to him. It would be a long time before he knew he had only seen her in a vision the night before his birthday.
The redhead said, ‘I didn’t know there were any Americans attending Hogwarts.’
She smiled shyly and said, ‘Well, this is my first year at Hogwarts, though I’ve attended Burnsteins, the best school of witchcraft and Wizardry in the US, for five years.’
The black-haired boy smiled and said, ‘I’m just wondering, but why did you decided to come to Hogwarts?’
‘Well, it’s known as the best Wizarding School in the world, and my uncle went there when he was a kid and said it was a great school. Now would you please tell me how to get to platform nine and three-quarters? Because the train leaves in just a couple minutes and I really don’t want to be late.’
The black-haired boy grinned and said, ‘Right this way,’ and walked straight through the divide between platforms nine and ten.
The girl gasped in surprise and said, ‘What in the world?’ but followed him through nevertheless.
When she reached the other side she saw lots of other boys and girls waiting to board the train. As soon as the black-haired bo y saw her come through to platform nine and three-quarters he shouted, ‘Hey, Hermione, come meet the newest sixth-year.’
A pretty girl with bushy brown hair that went a little ways past her shoulders came over and said, ‘Nice to meet you.’ She then turned to the two boys and said, ‘Aren’t you going to introduce us?’
The black-haired boy blushed and said, ‘Oh. I don’t know her name.’
‘You mean you’ve befriended this girl and you don’t even know her name?’
‘Umm…yeah.’
The American girl grinned and said, ‘I’m Rose Larson. And you know what? I don’t know their names either. I was a bit preoccupied with finding my way onto the platform.’
The other girl smiled. ‘I’m Hermione Granger and this is Harry Potter,’ she motioned to the black-haired boy, ‘and this is Ron Weasley,’ she finished as she motioned towards the redhead.
Rose smiled and said, ‘Nice to meet you all.’
Harry grinned and said, ‘Come on, let’s go find a seat on the train.’
They all hurried to the shiny red train and soon found a car all to themselves. After they sat down Rose said, ‘Harry, you say your last name is Potter. Are you by any chance related to my uncle, Dimitrius Potter?’
He shook his head and said, ‘Not as far as I know. Is this the uncle that you said went to Hogwarts?’
‘Yes.’
‘Do you happen to know if he had any siblings?’
‘Well, his wife, Amelia Potter, said that he had a brother, James Potter who married a Lily Evans, but that they were killed sixteen years ago by an evil wizard.’
Harry, Hermione, and Ron all stared at her in speechless shock until Hermione said, ‘Those were the names of Harry’s parents. Did your aunt ever mention them having a son?’
‘No.’
Ron looked at her and said, ‘So, you and Harry are related?’
‘Not by blood, since Uncle Dimitrius is married to the sister of my father.’ She said this las word as if it were a curse.
Hermione looked puzzled and said, ‘Do you not like your father?’
Rose wrinkled up her nose and said, ‘No, I don’t. He beat my mother, but she refused to divorce him, but she changed her mind when I was born.’
While this conversation was going on, Harry hadn’t said anything. Rose looked at him and saw tha tit was all he could do not to cry. She laid a hand on his and said softly, ‘I’m sorry to have mentioned something so sad after just having met you.’
He managed to get himself under control and said, ‘It’s all right, you didn’t know any better.’
There was a tense silence for a while until Ron said, ‘Did you know Harry’s famous?’
‘Ron,’ Hermione said warningly.
‘Well, he is. So, did you?’
‘No, but why’s it matter one way or another?’ Rose asked.
‘It means you should treat him nicely.’
‘No, it does not. Being famous is not a reason to be treated nicely. A person, famous or not, should most definitely not be treated nicely if they’re a mean person. Although, if they’re a nice person, they should be treated nicely. In other words, I’ll treat Harry nicely if he turns out to be a nice person. If he doesn’t, then I’ll treat him how he treats me.’
Ron looked at her in utter confusion and said, ‘What in the world is that suppose to mean?’
Hermione grinned and said, “Exactly what she said. What else would it mean?’
‘It didn’t make any sense though!’
‘Made perfect sense to me,’ Harry said.
‘Really,’ said Hermione.
‘So, do you consider me nice or mean?’ asked Harry.
‘Well,’ she said slowly, ‘from what I’ve seen so far you seem to be pretty nice, but you know, appearances can be deceiving…’ she finished, laughing.
Everybody laughed and Harry said, ‘Oh, no, not another crazy girl.’
Rose snorted and said, ‘Me, crazy? I think not. It’s boys that are crazy.’
Everybody laughed again and Ron said to Rose, ‘You said that you don’t like your father, and I was wondering what his name is, because you remind me of somebody’
‘Who?’
‘I’m not sure.’
‘Well, my father’s name is Donald Malfoy and I hate him with all my heart. Also, it pains me to know I look like any of his relative. That is who I look like, isn’t it?’ she asked seeing their shocked faces.
When Harry heard this, he decided the reason he thought she looked familiar was probably just her resemblance to Draco Malfoy, and he had probalby never met her.
Hermione, looking surprised, said, ‘Yes, it is. You look like Draco Malfoy, who is Lucious Malfoy’s son, but from what I’ve seen of you, your personality’s nothing like theirs, only your looks. And personality’s loads more important than looks.’
Rose smiled and said, ‘I’m glad to hear I only look like them, not act like them.’
Harry grinned and said, ‘I understand. They most certainly are a horrid bunch. So, do you have any siblings?’
‘No, my mother divorced my father as soon as I was born because she wanted me to have a happy life, and hasnt remarried.’
‘Oh.’
‘So,’ she said to Harry, ‘where do you live?’
‘I live with my aunt, Petunia, my uncle, Vernon, and my cousin Dudley.’
‘I don’t see why they keep him on. They really don’t like him because he’s a wizard,’ Ron said.
Rose shrugged. ‘I’m sure they have their reasons.’
Hermione looked at her watch and said, ‘Hey, guys, we’d better change into our robes pretty soon. We’re supposed to arrive in five minutes.’
‘Robes? Oh, yeah, those black robes we had to get. I hate anything that even remotely resembles a dress. Oh, what I’d do to be able to wear a pair of comfy pants,’ Rose said.
Hermione smiled, ‘You’ll get a house scarf to wear outside once you’re sorted into one of the four houses.’
‘What are the houses called?’
‘Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. Each house has different colours. We’re all in Gryffindor, and have robes with scarlet and gold.’
‘What house is Malfoy in?’
‘Slytherin.’
‘Sounds fitting. How do they decide which house to put you in?’
‘Minerva McGonagall, who teaches Transfigurations, is head of Gryffindor house, and is Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts, puts the Sorting Hat on your head, and it sort of reads your thoughts and then announces which house suits you best.’
‘I hope I’m in Gryffindor, then.’
They changed into their robes, and sat back down, staring out the window, waiting for a glimpse of the castle.
The train whistle blew soon thereafter, and the train started around a corner. ‘Look over there, Rose,’ Harry said as they pulled around the corner.
She looked out and saw the most magnificent castle looming over a deep black lake. It was dark now and the castle was all lit up with lights. ‘Why, it’s beautiful,’ she breathed.
Harry grinned. ‘I felt the same when I first saw it.’
They got off the train and walked over to a row of carriages that were hooked up to empty space. ‘Why, this gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘horseless carriage’,’ Rose said.
She heard Harry say softly beside her, ‘They’re not horseless. You just can’t see them because you’ve never seen anybody die.’
‘Thestrals?’
‘Yes.’
They all climbed into one of the carriages, and had scarcely sat down before it started moving. It pulled them to the edge of the lake where a giant man was shouting for everybody to climb aboard a boat. ‘Who’s that?’ Rose asked.
‘Hagrid,’ Hermione answered. Then, seeing that Rose was curious about his height, she added, ‘He’s half giant.’
‘Oh.’
They climbed into a boat and were paddled to the other side of the lake where they climbed up a steep, winding path to the base of the castle. They ahd just entered when a boy their age with slicked back blonde hair shoved Harry and made him go sprawling on the floor. ‘Oops, sorry, Potter,’ he said nastily, ‘didn’t mean to make you trip.’
Rose stalked over to him and said, ‘I take it you must be Draco Malfoy?’
‘Yes, and I take it the’ve been telling lies about me?’
‘No, but I know a Malfoy when I see one. My father, whom I hate, is a Malfoy and I can tell you are, too, by your horrid personality.’
‘So, you’re Uncle Donald’s daughter?’
‘Sadly, yes, and also sadly that makes me your cousin.’
‘Cousin, I must tell you that you really shouldn’t hang out with them,’ he drawled as he motioned to Harry, Hermione, and Ron. ‘Especially Potter since he’s not loyal to the Dark Lord, her because she’s a Mudblood, and him because his father’s a filthy Muggle lover.’
‘There is nothing wrong with her having Muggle parents or liking Muggles. And whoever this Dark Lord is, he doesn’t sound like a person that anybody in their right mind would swear allegiance to. Also, you do realise, don’t you, that you’re just proving to me more and more how horrid the Malfoy’s are. I’ve only met one good Malfoy in my life and that’s Aunt Amelia and she’s no longer a Malfoy, she’s a Potter.’
‘You’re right about her not being a Malfoy. Grandfather disowned her when she refused to swear allegiance to the Dark Lord. She brought shame to our name.’
‘Hmph, she’s the only good Malfoy.’
‘Yeah, well, since she’s married to a Potter she can’t be good at all.’
Rose’s temper snapped and she hauled off and punched him in the jaw. Hard. Everybody watching gasped.
Harry said, ‘You shouldn’t have done that, you know. He’s going to hate you forever.’
‘Well I did and I don’t care. He deserved it.’
‘True,’ Hermione said. ‘Now, come on, let’s go find a seat.’
They entered the Great Hall and Hermione said, ‘Rose, I’m pretty sure you’re going to have to go stand over there with the first-years. You can ask Hagrid when you get over there. Don’t worry, he’s friendly,’ she added seeing Rose’s hesitation at approaching a half-giant.
Rose walked over to Hagrid and said, ‘Excuse me, sir, but this is my first year at Hogwarts.’
‘Yer a firs’-year?’ he asked doubtfully.
‘No, I’m a sixth-year, but this is my first year here and I don’t know where to go. Hermione said to ask you.’
‘Hermione Granger? Yeh kno’ her?’
‘We met on the train.’
‘Hm. Yeah, stan’ here. I’ll as’ Dumbledore.’
he walked over to where Dumbledore was seated at the High Table and brought him over to Rose.
‘Hagrid tells me you don’t know where to go. Is this right?’ questioned Dumbledoe.
‘Yes, sir, it is.’
‘Please, call me Dumbledore. Now, I was just talking to Poppy Pomfrey, the nurse, and she said that somebody had punched Draco Malfoy in the jaw so hard it was broken. He is now recovering in the infirmary. When asked who did it, she says he keeps repeating ‘Uncle Donald’s daughter’. Am I correct in assuming he means you?’
‘Yes, sir, but I’m not sorry,’ she said defiantly, ‘he deserved it.’
‘Yes, he probably did,’ Dumbledore said. ‘What did he do to you?’
Rose related the events and Dumbledore said, ‘Yes, I admit he deserved it, but you really need to learn to control your temper. So, you’ve met Harry?’
‘Yes, sir, er, I mean Dumbledore.’
‘Hmm, he’s a nice boy, but not a good role model when it comes to controlling your temper. Well, what’s done is done. Now, if you would just come over here please,’ he said and led her over to a stool that had an old hat on it that she decided must be the Sorting Hat.
‘Attention please, everyone. The first person to be sorted tonight will be Rose Larson. She is a sixth-year, but this is her first year at Hogwarts. She has been attending Burnsteins School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the United States of America for the past five years.’ Then to Rose he said, ‘Please have a seat on the stool,’ as he picked up the Sorting Hat and placed it on her head after she sat.
As soon as he did this, she started thinking, ‘I want Gryffindor not Slytherin. I want Gryffindor not Slytherin.
‘Hmm,’ the Sorting Hat whispered in her head, ‘so you want Gryffindor and not Slytherin. You seem to have friends in Gryffindor, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley, but you have a relative in Slytheirn, Draco Malfoy. Though you appear to hate him.’
‘I mos definitely do,’ she muttered under her breath.
‘Gryffindor it is,’ the Sorting Hat proclaimed grandly to the Hall
Everyone at the Gryffindor table stood up and cheered when they and shouted, ‘Yay, Rose!’
She blushed and hurried over to the table and sat down between Harry and Hermione. ‘Congratulations,’ Hermione said.
‘Thanks. I was thinking as hard as I could that I wanted Gryffindor as opposed to Slytherin.’
‘Really? Did you know that someone else at this table had similar thoughts when they were sorted?’
‘Who?’
‘Harry. He was extremely against being put in Slytherin.’
‘Why? Had he already made enemies with Malfoy?’
‘I sort of had,’ Harry said, ‘but mostly, I’d heard that all the people who became evil wizards had been in Slytherin.’
‘Oh.’
After McGonagall finishd with the sorting, Dumbledore having taken his place at the High Table after Rose was sorted, Dumbledore stood and made what Ron called his ‘usual’ speech. He had just finished when a woman who closely resembled a toad walked in and said, ‘I have a couple announcements to make also.’
‘What? I thought she was put in Azkaban after she loosed those Dementors on Harry,’ Hermione said, shocked.
The toad like woman continued, ‘I am going to be your Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher this year. Last year my sister Dolores Umbridge taught you. I am planning to use the same curriculum to teach you. In other words, no active magic in class.’
‘What?’ Rose gasped. ‘How are we supposed to learn anything if we don’t practice in class?’
‘Same way we did last year,’ Harry replied grimly. ‘I teach a group of students in secret.’
‘You taught a class in secret last year?’
‘Yes. Nobody was learning anything in her class and Hermione decided that since I have so much experience in this area that I could teach one.’
‘We had to do it in secret because she had forbidden gatherings of any sort unless specifically approved by her, and of course, there was no way she would’ve approved Harry teaching a Dark Arts Class.’
‘So, her sister was really evil?’
‘Yeah, and this woman looks just like her,’ Harry said.
‘I can’t believe Dumbledore couldn’t find anybody else to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts.’
‘I guess everybody thinks the job is jinxed. Nobody has ever taught it for more than one year,’ Harry responeded. Umbridge had finished her speech now and everybody was gradually leaving the Hall and going up to their dormitories.
‘So,’ Rose said, ‘how do you get to the dorms from here?’
‘This way,’ Harry said, and started walking out of the Great Hall. Rose, Hermione, and Ron were close behind him. After walking down a couple of hallways, they reached a large staircase.
‘It’s magnificent,’ gasped Rose. They st arted up the stairs and were halfway up the first set when the stairs started moving. ‘Oh, my gosh, do they always do that?’
Harry grinned and said, ‘Not always, but they often do. I remember when we were out after lights out and were running away from the caretaker, Argus Filch. We ran up these stairs, and ended up on the third floor corridor, which was off limits. It had a giant three headed dog inside. Of course, that was the start of one of our first adventures.’
‘Sounds like you guys live dangerously.’
‘You can say that again,’ Ron said.
‘Sounds like you guys live dangerously.’
Harry groaned and said, ‘Seriously, he was just kidding.’
‘I know.’
After they had reached the top of the stairs, they turned down yet another hallway and Rose asked, ‘How much farther?’
‘Just at the end of this hall,’ Harry replied. They were halfway down the hall when, out of nowhere, a little man appeared in midair. When he saw them, he started throwing ink pellets at th em. ‘Stop,’ cried Rose.
‘Really, Peeves, you ought to give Rose a break, she’s new here,’ Hermione said. ‘And if you don’t, I’ll call the Bloody Baron.’
‘New? She’s not a first year,’ spluttered Peeves.
‘No, I’m not, but this is my first year at Hogwarts,’ Rose said.
‘Hmm, I suppose I can give you a break. Just this once.’
He disappeared leaving them alone in the hall.
‘He only left because I threatened to call the Bloody Baron,’ Hermione said. ‘That’s the Slytheirn ghost, and the only thing that can make Peeves behave, except, perhaps, Dumbledore.’
‘I’ll remember that,’ Rose said. They continued down the hall until they reached the portrait of a fat lady.
‘Password, please,’ the lady said.
They then realised that they didn’t know what the password was. Rose decided to start guessing. ‘Hogwarts?’
‘Incorrect.’
‘Umm, wart hogs?’
‘Correct.’
The portrait swung open revealing the entrance to the common room. They stepped inside and Hermione said, ‘Good guess.’
‘Thanks. So, which stair case leads to the girl’s dorms?’
‘This way,’ Hermione said and led her up one of the sets of stairs.
When they got to the top Rose asked, ‘Do I get any bed I want?’
‘No, you’ll find your trunk at the foot of a bed, and that’s the one you’re stuck with for the year.’
Rose found her trunk and bed, which happened to be right next to Hermione’s. They unpacked their stuff and wnet back down to the common room.
The boys weren’t down there and Hermione said, ‘I’m going to go see if they’re planning on coming down.’
‘You’re allowed in the boy’s dorms?’
‘Yes, but the boys aren’t allowed in the girl’s dorms.’
‘Weird.’
‘Not really, it was done when the school was started, because boys were believed to be less trustworthy than girls. As you will find out if you read Hogwarts: A History, which Ron and Harry refuse to do.’
They started toward the stairs, and were about to go up when Ron and Harry came down them. ‘What took you so long?’ asked Hermione.
‘Nothing,’ Harry responded.
They sat down on the couch and Rose said, ‘I’m curious, is the rest of Hogwarts as strange as what I’ve seen so far?’
‘Yes, but you’ll get used to it,’ Harry said.
They talked for quite a while about the first four adventures they’d had at Hogwarts before Hermione said, ‘I’m getting tired. If you guys want to stay and talk, that’s fine with me, but I’m going to bed.’
‘Me, too,’ Ron said.
‘I think I’ll stay and chat a while longer with Rose unless she wants to go to bed,’ Harry said.
Rose shook her head. ‘I’m not tired.
Harry then proceeded to tell Rose about their most recent adventure at Hogwarts and the Department of Mysteries.
When he finished Rose said, ‘I’m so sorry, Harry. It must have been terrible to have lost the one person who was like a father to you.’
He nodded and said, ‘Yes, it is. I’m not even sure why I told you, thouogh. I haven’t talked about it to anybody else.’
‘I don’t know if it’s really true, but everything I’ve heard says it helps to talk about it.’
Harry smiled weakly, ‘I think you might be right.’
‘Harry, I’m kind of wondering about something, Malfoy said that Aunt Amelia refued to swear allegiance to someone called the Dark Lord, is this the same evil wizard who killed your parents? And is it the same person as this Voldemort that Dumbledore fought with in the Ministry of Magic?’
‘Yes, though only Death Eaters, Voldemort’s followers, such as Draco’s father, call him the Dark Lord. His real name is Tom Marvolo Riddle, but he goes by Voldemort, which is part of an anagram of that name “I am Lord Voldemort”. Most people call him You-Know-Who or He Who Must Not Be Named because they’re afraid to say his name.’
‘Oh.’
Rose, you said that you had an uncle who is related to me. I was wondering if you think he’d be willing o take me on until I turn seventeen so that I don’t have to live with Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon anymore. The only reason they’re taking care of me is because Dumbledore told Aunt Petunia that I had to be with blood relatives to protect me from Voldemort.’
‘I don’t know. He probably would though. I’ll send Aunt Amelia a letter asking her to ask him if it’s okay. Say, if you don’t mind my asking, how did you get that scar on your forehead?’
He touched the scar and said, ‘I got it the night Voldemort tried to kill me after he killed my parents. When my mother died to save me, her love for me kept me from being killed.’
‘You mean the reason you’re famous is because you defeated this Voldemort guy when you were just a baby?‘
‘Yes, and according to a prophecy made by Professor Trelawney, the only person who can kill him is me and if I don’t kill him he’ll end up killing me.’
‘How did this prophecy go?’
‘It went like this: The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches…born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies…and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have the power the Dark Lord knows not…and either must die at the hands of the other, for neither can live while the other survives…the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies…’
‘Do Ron and Hermione know about this?’
‘No, you’re the only person I’ve told.’
‘Oh.’
‘Rose, this weekend is a Hogsmeade weekend. And I know I’ve just met you, but would you be willing to go out with me this Hogsmeade weekend?’
‘Yes, I’d love to,’ she said and truly meant it.
‘Thank you.’ He looked at his watch and said, ‘It’s getting late. I think I’m going to go to bed now.’
‘Good idea.’
They both went up to theire rooms and when Rose reached hers, she saw that Hermione was still awake. ‘Hermione,’ she said, ‘Harry asked me to go out with him this Hogsmeade weekend, and I agreed and was wondering if that was wrong since he really kind of is my cousin.’
‘I don’t think it is since there’s no blood realationship, and I’m happy for you. Harry’s a nice person and I think you have a good influence on him.’
‘What do you mean?’
‘Well, last year he was really depressed after he saw Cedric Diggory get killed during the Triwizard Tournament, but so far this year he’s been back to normal and I think it’s you.’
‘Oh, I hadn’t realised he was depressed about seeing Cedric die.’
‘Did he tell you about the Department of Mysteries?’
‘Yes.’
‘I’m surprised. He’s never talked to anybody before. Well I’m going to try and get some sleep now.’
Well, that concludes the first chapter. I’ve written six more chapters, but am nowhere near done. I’ve got no idea when I will get finished. Of course, since it’s not the greatest, it’s quite possible that none of you’ll be interested hearing more. Anyway…
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Michelle W.
in April 3rd, 2006 @ 15:34Oops…Only the prophecy and my note at the end are supposed to be italicized. Not all the dialogue after the prophecy.
Oh well, I guess it’s not too big a deal.MM, 326, I’ve no clue who’s getting recast, except that I don’ think Harry is. Ouch, I better stop typing, my left wrist is getting sore.
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in April 3rd, 2006 @ 15:41Wow, that chapter’s longer than I thought it was.
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in April 3rd, 2006 @ 18:17Hey, thanks for fixing the italics for me, GAPA. It looks more normal now.
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The Malignant Mandolin
in April 3rd, 2006 @ 19:08Ok…….330 posts, can we have another thread?
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in April 3rd, 2006 @ 19:20Isn’t Lucius Malfoy spelled like that, not Lucious ?
And also, only the Deeath eaters call Voldemort the Dark Lord, right?
It’s REALLY good
GAPA, you should give her her own thread, like Jadestone got once.
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