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(1) I've said it before in comment replies, but I've always considered books 4-7 to be four parts of one very long book, which I call the "Voldemort is Back Saga."
(2) Attending the Wizarding World Cup was mentioned at the end of "Prisoner of Azkaban." I think the only other tease of events to come was book six when HRH decided to leave Hogwarts.
— Mar 15, 2020 12:00AM
Notes:
(1) I've said it before in comment replies, but I've always considered books 4-7 to be four parts of one very long book, which I call the "Voldemort is Back Saga."
(2) Attending the Wizarding World Cup was mentioned at the end of "Prisoner of Azkaban." I think the only other tease of events to come was book six when HRH decided to leave Hogwarts.
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(1) For someone who doesn't think much of muggles, Fudge sure loves to wear their clothes.
(2) "Sirius Black!" [Mrs. Weasley] shrieked, pointing at him.
"Mum, shut up!" Ron yelled. "It’s okay!"'
- Often a good "shut up" is the quickest remedy for hysteria.
(3) Dumbledore forces Sirius and Snape to shake hands. Ever the teacher, ever the students.
— May 02, 2020 12:10AM
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(1) For someone who doesn't think much of muggles, Fudge sure loves to wear their clothes.
(2) "Sirius Black!" [Mrs. Weasley] shrieked, pointing at him.
"Mum, shut up!" Ron yelled. "It’s okay!"'
- Often a good "shut up" is the quickest remedy for hysteria.
(3) Dumbledore forces Sirius and Snape to shake hands. Ever the teacher, ever the students.
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(1) Fawkes uses his tears to speed up Harry's wounds healing. That's handy... sort of like wizard Polysporin.
(2) Now that Fleur likes Ron and pays him attention, I guess she's not hot no more. Not surprising. (see gif)
- Alternatively, once kissed, perhaps her veela powers wore off.
- Alternatively, perhaps Ron's shifted his attention elsewhere.
— May 01, 2020 12:45AM
Notes:
(1) Fawkes uses his tears to speed up Harry's wounds healing. That's handy... sort of like wizard Polysporin.
(2) Now that Fleur likes Ron and pays him attention, I guess she's not hot no more. Not surprising. (see gif)
- Alternatively, once kissed, perhaps her veela powers wore off.
- Alternatively, perhaps Ron's shifted his attention elsewhere.
Jayson
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(1) Harry's first clue should have been that Crouch always called Voldemort "The Dark Lord." All upright wizards use "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named." The boldest just say Voldemort.
(2) Wonder if all the lip licking meant David Tennant needed ChapStick on standby?
(3) Karkaroff fled? Who's going to sail the ship back to Durmstrang? Magic, most likely.
— Apr 30, 2020 01:00AM
Notes:
(1) Harry's first clue should have been that Crouch always called Voldemort "The Dark Lord." All upright wizards use "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named." The boldest just say Voldemort.
(2) Wonder if all the lip licking meant David Tennant needed ChapStick on standby?
(3) Karkaroff fled? Who's going to sail the ship back to Durmstrang? Magic, most likely.
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(1) Not the most impressive group of Death Eaters here. A bunch of no-names, Buckbeak's would-be executioner and some Slytherin dads.
(2) Wormtail speaks rat. Apparently being animagus gives you the ability to speak to animals. I guess McGonagall speaks cat.
(3) Voldemort gives a traditional villain tell-all monologue. A tad cliché if you ask me.
— Apr 29, 2020 12:15AM
Notes:
(1) Not the most impressive group of Death Eaters here. A bunch of no-names, Buckbeak's would-be executioner and some Slytherin dads.
(2) Wormtail speaks rat. Apparently being animagus gives you the ability to speak to animals. I guess McGonagall speaks cat.
(3) Voldemort gives a traditional villain tell-all monologue. A tad cliché if you ask me.
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(1) '"Stop being noble," said Harry irritably. "Just take it, then we can get out of here."'
- Yeah, Cedric, stop being noble! Wait... no! Be noble! Take a dive!
(2) First student death, and the series is never the same again.
(3) Baby Voldemort is no Baby Yoda.
(4) Color-changing tattoos would be a goldmine!
(5) "Lord Voldemort had risen again."
— Apr 28, 2020 12:10AM
Notes:
(1) '"Stop being noble," said Harry irritably. "Just take it, then we can get out of here."'
- Yeah, Cedric, stop being noble! Wait... no! Be noble! Take a dive!
(2) First student death, and the series is never the same again.
(3) Baby Voldemort is no Baby Yoda.
(4) Color-changing tattoos would be a goldmine!
(5) "Lord Voldemort had risen again."
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(1) Harry: "Mrs. Weasley, you didn’t believe that rubbish Rita Skeeter wrote in Witch Weekly, did you? Because Hermione’s not my girlfriend."
Molly: "Oh! ... No — of course I didn’t!"
Narrator: "But she became considerably warmer toward Hermione after that."
(2) In North America we say "uh" not "er." The sphinx's password's "spiduh" to us.
— Apr 27, 2020 12:35AM
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(1) Harry: "Mrs. Weasley, you didn’t believe that rubbish Rita Skeeter wrote in Witch Weekly, did you? Because Hermione’s not my girlfriend."
Molly: "Oh! ... No — of course I didn’t!"
Narrator: "But she became considerably warmer toward Hermione after that."
(2) In North America we say "uh" not "er." The sphinx's password's "spiduh" to us.
Jayson
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(1) Continuity error. This is set in 1994, the Macarena (see gif) wasn't a thing until 1996.
- The male cheerleader on the right's creeping me out.
(2) "Fleur ... was eyeing Bill with great interest over her mother’s shoulder. Harry could tell she had no objection whatsoever to long hair or earrings with fangs on them."
- Fleur loves ze bad boys.
— Apr 26, 2020 12:30AM
Notes:
(1) Continuity error. This is set in 1994, the Macarena (see gif) wasn't a thing until 1996.
- The male cheerleader on the right's creeping me out.
(2) "Fleur ... was eyeing Bill with great interest over her mother’s shoulder. Harry could tell she had no objection whatsoever to long hair or earrings with fangs on them."
- Fleur loves ze bad boys.
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Glitchreads:
(1) Somehow, my recent review for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" switched editions. Normally I'd switch it back, but it's the second review I've written for the book, and Goodreads only lets you switch the edition of either your earlier or more popular review. So now my book covers no longer match! and my OCD is driving me nuts!
— Apr 25, 2020 12:10AM
Glitchreads:
(1) Somehow, my recent review for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" switched editions. Normally I'd switch it back, but it's the second review I've written for the book, and Goodreads only lets you switch the edition of either your earlier or more popular review. So now my book covers no longer match! and my OCD is driving me nuts!
Jayson
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(1) Krum's oddly puritan about Hermione possibly being with other guys. Who knew?
(2) Hagrid: “The less you lot ’ave ter do with these foreigners, the happier yeh’ll be. Yeh can’ trust any of ’em.”
Harry: “You were getting on all right with Madame Maxime.”
Hagrid: “Don’ you talk ter me abou’ her! ... You can’ trust any of ’em!”
- Xenophobic much?
— Apr 24, 2020 12:40AM
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(1) Krum's oddly puritan about Hermione possibly being with other guys. Who knew?
(2) Hagrid: “The less you lot ’ave ter do with these foreigners, the happier yeh’ll be. Yeh can’ trust any of ’em.”
Harry: “You were getting on all right with Madame Maxime.”
Hagrid: “Don’ you talk ter me abou’ her! ... You can’ trust any of ’em!”
- Xenophobic much?
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(1) 'Both Harry’s and Ron’s [Easter eggs] were the size of dragon eggs and full of homemade toffee. Hermione’s, however, was smaller than a chicken egg. Her face fell when she saw it.
"Your mum doesn’t read 'Witch Weekly,' by any chance, does she, Ron?" she asked quietly.
"Yeah ... Gets it for the recipes."
Hermione looked sadly at her tiny egg.'
— Apr 23, 2020 12:10AM
Notes:
(1) 'Both Harry’s and Ron’s [Easter eggs] were the size of dragon eggs and full of homemade toffee. Hermione’s, however, was smaller than a chicken egg. Her face fell when she saw it.
"Your mum doesn’t read 'Witch Weekly,' by any chance, does she, Ron?" she asked quietly.
"Yeah ... Gets it for the recipes."
Hermione looked sadly at her tiny egg.'
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THE VOLDEMORT IS BACK SAGAHAHAHA
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Roel ✿ wrote: "THE VOLDEMORT IS BACK SAGAHAHAHA"
"voldemort is back saga" I love that.Also it took me waaaaaaayy too long to figure what you meant with HRH then facepalmed myself when I did xD
Maja Ingrid wrote: ""voldemort is back saga" I love that.Also it took me waaaaaaayy too long to figure what you meant with HRH then facepalmed myself when I did xD"
Glad you liked that. It's just something I started calling the last four books and it sort of stuck. I figure it's a lot punchier than something like "Harry Potter and the Return of the Dark Lord," or the like.
I can see how HRH might be confusing, especially for people living in monarchies and such. I saw an interview once where J.K. Rowling said she uses HRH in her writing because she got tired of writing all their names over and over. I figured, if she does it, it's more or less official :)
Jayson wrote: "Glad you liked that. It's just something I started calling the last four books and it sort of stuck. I figure it's a lot punchier than something like "Harry Potter and the Return of the Dark Lord," or the like.."It sure is lot catchier!
Jayson wrote: " can see how HRH might be confusing, especially for people living in monarchies and such. I saw an interview once where J.K. Rowling said she uses HRH in her writing because she got tired of writing all their names over and over. I figured, if she does it, it's more or less official :)"
Nah, I think it's more due to my brain being slow, lol. I know they're called that. And it makes sense calling them HRH rather than writing their names out all the time. Very time saving.
Maja Ingrid wrote: "Nah, I think it's more due to my brain being slow, lol. I know they're called that. And it makes sense calling them HRH rather than writing their names out all the time. Very time saving."It's also very convenient for my purposes since status updates are character limited, and I like to max them out :)
Jayson wrote: "I think the only other tease of events to come was book six when HRH decided to leave Hogwarts."During my most recent reread, I actually picked up on a small detail from the second book about a plot point in the third:
"The time had come to choose their subjects for the third year, a matter that Hermione, at least, took very seriously. [...] Hermione took nobody's advice but signed up for everything."
Those lines are easy to overlook as her final choice just seems like another nod to her intensity regarding most school-related things.
(In case you missed it, it says she took this decision very seriously. 😉)
nuin giliath wrote: "Those lines are easy to overlook as her final choice just seems like another nod to her intensity regarding most school-related things.(In case you missed it, it says she took this decision very seriously. 😉)"
You're right! That does hint at something quite specific in the next book. I guess I was only focused on things mentioned at the tail end of books, and so direct teases, but that one certainly counts as some pretty major foreshadowing. Rowling's seriously superb at seeding subsequent stories (view spoiler)
😂 Is that the face you make every time I mention that word in a comment? Because it's not that 
Man, I LOVE these updates of yours :))
Omar wrote: "Man, I LOVE these updates of yours :))"Thanks, Omar! Glad to hear that. I'm happy you're enjoying them :)
Ahh yay another one! Can’t wait for the gifs and observations
Annie wrote: "Ahh yay another one! Can’t wait for the gifs and observations"Happy to hear that Annie! I'm looking forward to it as well! On the whole, I enjoyed the last four books better than the first three, and my series favorite is always changing among them :)
