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Notes:
(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
Notes:
(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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Jayson
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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.
— 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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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.
— 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.
Jayson
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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.
— 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.
Jayson
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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."
— 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."
Jayson
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Notes:
(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
Notes:
(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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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.
— 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.
Jayson
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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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Notes:
(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
Notes:
(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?
Jayson
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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.'
— 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.'
Jayson
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Notes:
(1) Ron: "I told you not to annoy Rita Skeeter! She’s made you out to be some sort of — of scarlet woman!"
Hermione: "Scarlet woman?"
Ron: "It’s what my mum calls them."
- "Scarlet Woman" is one of my favorite euphemisms.
(2) I'm not gonna lie, I thoroughly enjoy drunk Winky.
(3) Gosh, house elves get downright mean when you insist they unionize.
— Apr 22, 2020 12:10AM
Notes:
(1) Ron: "I told you not to annoy Rita Skeeter! She’s made you out to be some sort of — of scarlet woman!"
Hermione: "Scarlet woman?"
Ron: "It’s what my mum calls them."
- "Scarlet Woman" is one of my favorite euphemisms.
(2) I'm not gonna lie, I thoroughly enjoy drunk Winky.
(3) Gosh, house elves get downright mean when you insist they unionize.
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Mrinmayi wrote: "I love Sirius as a character but to be frank he wasn't that great of a personI know he did not have a great childhood but that doesn't excuse his behavior for bullying Snape
And Snape then proceed..."
Yeah, I agree with that. It's one of the themes of the series to learn that "good guys" may not be so great, and "bad guys" may be victims of injustice. Ultimately, it may have been fortunate in a way that Snape focused so much attention on Neville, instead of someone who might pay the bad behavior forward. Neville's the real hero, taking all the punishment so that others may be spared.
Yes!! Neville is my favorite character 😊Sometimes l feel as if he is underappreciated
The mental and emotional strength he displayed....very few have the power to keep the goodness in them despite the circumstances
Mrinmayi wrote: "Yes!! Neville is my favorite character 😊Sometimes l feel as if he is underappreciated
The mental and emotional strength he displayed....very few have the power to keep the goodness in them despit..."
Yes, he's probably the most resilient character in the whole series. The scene in St. Mungos totally broke my heart, and I'm not easily moved by fiction. He probably shows the most character progression of everyone, going from being a punching bad to leading the Hogwarts resistance.
I remember crying during that scene at St.Mungos Knowing your parents are alive and seeing them suffering....the pain he must have gone through
And when he keept the wrapper his mother gave him🥺 J.K. sure knows how to pack an emotional punch
Mrinmayi wrote: "I remember crying during that scene at St.Mungos Knowing your parents are alive and seeing them suffering....the pain he must have gone through
And when he keept the wrapper his mother gave him🥺 ..."
Yeah, it's a real moment that a whole lot of people have personal experience with, myself included. People make the mistake of thinking that characters superficially fit cliché archetypes when they're in reality remarkably thought though. It's a shame Rowling hasn't returned to the world to flesh out more of the secondary characters. She really has a goldmine of names people grew up hearing and caring about.
Mishkat Pothiyawala wrote: "He was of his list of bullying Mrinmayi but he didn't allowed snape."You're referring to Neville?
Mishkat Pothiyawala wrote: "Nope. I'm talking about Harry."Okay, I think I understand what you're saying.
the fact that Sirius and Snape dragged on their childhood fued for so long that Dumbeldore still has to try to make peace and treat them like his students is hilarious.
Layla wrote: "the fact that Sirius and Snape dragged on their childhood fued for so long that Dumbeldore still has to try to make peace and treat them like his students is hilarious."Yes, absolutely. Not only that he treats them like students, but that they act like students, shaking hands only momentarily and begrudgingly before pulling far apart. It just adds credence to the idea that no one ever really leaves high school. It's those formative years that stick with you your entire life :)
I have been meaning to re-read this one!
Maria wrote: "I have been meaning to re-read this one!"I'm glad to hear that! Hope you have as much fun with it as I did :)
I know he did not have a great childhood but that doesn't excuse his behavior for bullying Snape
And Snape then proceeded to bully his students 🤦🏽♀️
The circle of bullying continues ....luckily Harry did not become one of the bully