07.27.06
Posted in Scoops at 3:35 pm by Headmaster
I got this article from the New York Post, so the reporting and details err towards the salacious side (Harry Potter Naked!), but this is a great development.
Equus is a very mature, powerful, dramatic play full of complex themes and tough philosophical and ethical questions. It’s all the things Harry Potter fans (like us) want as the books and movies progress and it should really stretch Radcliffe as an actor.
The play opens January 2007 in London and also stars Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon).
UPDATE: CNN.com (via Reuters) is reporting the same news. They say rehersals start in January and the play opens in March 2007.
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07.16.06
Posted in Questions at 11:17 am by sheart
Okay, I know this is kinda off-topic. But I just wondered..like, what books do you guys read besides Harry Potter ? For me, I’m all like Sidney Sheldon, Paulo Coelho or John Grisham etc etc..
Anyway, just a thought. =)
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07.11.06
Posted in Theories at 6:38 pm by harrypotter_lover35
Is Dumbledore immortal? I am sorry if this has already been posted. But after reading www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com I was thinking if he could be immortal, if he hasn’t died, if he has this post is pointless! But he said if people remain loyal tohim , he won’t be gone.I know Dumbledore is a wise man, he might have meant in mind and heart but that could mean more. Harry is faithful to Dumbledore….which had been proven throughout the series. In the second movie(COS) Harry goes back 50 years and Dumbledore hasn’t changed much…..that could have been done with makeup, and same in the forth when Harry goes into the pensieve….though that was only 13 years back. Dumbledore is an old wizard but very wise and he has many memories of the past, that would be a long time and big past. Dumbledore knows many people that are older then him ex. Nicholas Flamel(but he had the stone). There could be other reasons as well…like the fact that Dumbledore has been teaching at Hogwarts for ages,and that he knows about many other people and things.
This is an odd possiblility but I would like to hear what all of you think!
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07.10.06
Posted in Theories at 12:36 pm by hpqueen13
Is dumbledore really dead????
Look heres the scoop-when i heard people gossiping about it I was all “DUMBLEDORE IS DEAD. You all are coming up with RIDICULOUS theories!!!!”
but guess what?? someone sent me this page- www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com
and after reading it I was convinces.Check it out!!!! Too much evidence!!!!!!
You see?? Its totally bizarre!!! Look at the circumstances under which he died!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So check it out people!!! Im so convinced.Are you?
Tell me what you think by commenting on this later.
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07.09.06
Posted in Meta at 3:08 am by sheart
Was checking out some websites when I came upon this. Pretty….interesting. You guys should go check it out too.
On another note, does anyone else think Romilda Vane will play a bigger part in Book 7 ? I mean, her name seems to pop out amongst all those who ‘fancy’ Harry…
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07.07.06
Posted in Essays at 8:16 pm by RavenclawWit
One of the things I like the most about the Harry Potter series is how dynamic the characters are. Like real people, they change and evolve. Rowling is a master at capturing the subtle ways in which not just time, but events, can change a person. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Half-Blood Prince.
One of the biggest changes in HBP is Dumbledore. In the first four books, and through most of book five, Dumbledore works hard to maintain an air of almost aloofness. He seems untroubled by situations that most others find panic-inducing. We know now that this was only a facade, meant to protect Hogwarts and particularly, Harry, from the danger and fear that Dumbledore knows is really lurking in the shadows, waiting to pounce.
But in Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore’s mask begins to slip. He’s no longer as powerful and indestructible as he once was, and he knows it. As a result, we see a different side of Dumbledore, someone who is still strong, but is sometimes scared and even perplexed by the events happening around him. He begins to let other people into his confidence, most notably Harry. In fact, it is Dumbledore’s relationship with Harry that changes the most in this book. Previously they related only as teacher and student or as parent and child. But in HBP, Dumbledore I think, fully realizes that time is short and that he must live by his own maxim that “Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.” In the end, Dumbledore comes to trust Harry in a way that speaks to how Dumbledore has changed his view of Harry from an innocent that needs to be protected to an adult that needs guidance and information and who can offer protection and knowledge himself.
‘I am not worried, Harry,’ said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water, ‘I am with you.’ -Half-Blood Prince
Which brings us of course, to Harry himself. Harry is the character who changes the most in Half-Blood Prince. Most notable is the way Harry changes from Order of the Phoenix to Half-Blood Prince. In book 5, Harry is still traumatized from the events of Goblet of Fire (the Triwizard Tournament, Cedric’s death, Voldemort’s return). Add to that his persecution by The Ministry of Magic in the person of the sadistic Dolores Umbridge, the ostracization of his classmates, his first romantic relationship which turns out to be more stressful than it’s worth, and finally, the shattering death of his godfather, Sirius Black, and the strain proves to be a bit much for Harry. He cracks up a bit, becoming a moody, volatile, hot-tempered teenager. Because book 5 Harry is still a child, his perspective on the events around him can only be “Why me?” In book 5 and before, Harry sees all events as happening to him; he lacks a larger perspective that would allow him to place the events in their proper context, in the broader struggle between good and evil. Harry sees the battle, but not the war.
But in HBP, you can see from the beginning of the book that Harry has already begun to change. The dark happenings in the wizard world are no longer just about him; his view has widened enough to allow him to see the sufferings of others at the hands of Voldemort and his role as an active member of the force for good, rather than a passive victim of evil.
“But while I was at the Dursleys’…” interrupted Harry, his voice growing stronger, “I realized I cant shut myself away or — or crack up. Sirius wouldn’t have wanted that, would he? And anyway, life’s too short… Look at Madam Bones, look at Emmeline Vance… It could be me next, couldn’t it? But if it is,” he said fiercely, now looking straight into Dumbledore’s blue eyes gleaming in the wandlight, “I’ll make sure I take as many Death Eaters with me as I can, and Voldemort too if I can manage it.” -Chapter 4
Harry has finally realized the true nature of the struggle that he’s in; Voldemort doesn’t hate just Harry, he hates all that is good and normal. Like it or not, Harry realizes that this fight is his to fight, and that it’s worth the pain to save the people and things that he loves.
It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew — and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents — that there was all the difference in the world. -Chapter 23
In HBP, Harry finally leaves his childhood persepective behind for good, becoming an active participant in his own destiny, rather than a bystander.
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07.06.06
Posted in Theories, Questions at 10:43 pm by harrypotter_lover35
I know that most of us here are dying to read book 7 of Harry Potter.But I was thinking about what could be the other horcruxes and I came up with one-Harry.It does sound a little oddd, but I was thinking that it might somehow connect with the title! What do you think? Is Harry a horcrux?What is the title and Why?
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Posted in Meta at 6:47 pm by RavenclawWit
Just to let everyone know that the abusive comments have to stop. I’m going to start deleting them now. First there’s the people who feel the need to say how much Harry Potter sucks, and how we’re all retards for reading it. What are you doing here, then? And secondly, the people who get in a wad, like the poster below me, if anybody dares to question the almighty Rowling. Everyone here has the right to their opinion, so if you don’t like that, leave.
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07.05.06
Posted in Meta at 2:59 pm by rowlingfan13
This is for everyone who is complaining about JK possibly killing off Harry in her books.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that these are HER books and not yours, this is coming from her creative mind and if her plotline includes the death of some of our favorite characters that is for her to choose not you. If you don’t like it, its simple DON’T READ THE BOOKS!!
She must have some clue on what she is doing considering how she has sooo many people young and old reading her books.
Remember this when you are complaining about what she has chosen for her series its none of your business.
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07.04.06
Posted in Scoops at 5:13 am by RavenclawWit
I’ve been quoted again, this time in a New Zealand story, and frankly I’m a bit peeved about it. They said,
On bloggingharrypotter.com, one enraged fan wrote: ‘I truly feel that for Rowling to kill off any of the trio would reflect a callousness towards children I don’t wish to contemplate.’
I am not “enraged”, nor have I ever indicated that I was “furious” or angry with J.K. Rowling. It’s simply my personal opinion that killing off Harry would be needlessly cruel. However, even if Rowling wipes out the entire wizarding population in the next book, I won’t hate her or anything. I’d be disappointed, but I wouldn’t actually be able to get that upset over what is, when you come down to it, a trivial piece of fiction.
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