Harry Potter (Spoilers: please use spoiler tags!) [Archive]

MikeyS

03-18-2006, 09:33 AM

*Pulls out laser guided mallet* You know... *Brushes off top of mallet with his splayed fingers* People are entitled to their opinions... *Takes mallet into both hands* Just like my Ultra Laser Guided Mallet Turn Around (Pun for the whole Xbox 360 and Nintendo Revolution thing) likes to state why he too dislikes harry potter (I shall never capitalize it! BWAHAHAHA!).

I just don't like it. No hard feelings. People have different tastes...

Riotfug

03-18-2006, 09:39 AM

Yeah, i'm dislike the whole wizards and big castles thang but I find the hp books good, it's just because they're written in a certain way

franchan

03-18-2006, 09:39 AM

You can have your opinion, just don't make snidey comments on a fan thread.

I'd have responded better if you actually had an explanation (read: not just insults) to go with the comment.

Akemi

03-18-2006, 11:17 AM

Harry Potter's strongest point for me is the great world that the author has built. Diagon Alley, Knight bus, the train, talking heads, quidditch.... She does a great job of interveawing fantastic magical elements into the 'real' world. So that the kid in me goes, well it might be true. The movies do a great job of bringing that world to life.

Alphonse Elric

03-18-2006, 11:20 AM

i love the harry potter series

franchan

03-18-2006, 11:35 AM

I think the world invention is the reason that many HP fanfics and roleplays don't invlove any of the originals characters, or 'character relations' from the book... except perhaps some of 'background' characters like the goblins at the bank or mr ollivander.

franchan

03-18-2006, 12:38 PM

Ahh, I can't stop shivering!

Gaara

03-18-2006, 12:51 PM

The harry Potter series is wonderful and the movies are great too.....one of my favorite non-manga series

Aratos

03-18-2006, 01:08 PM

I like the series, but I have a horrible grudge against the films. And to be honest, I enjoyed the earlier books more in a way. The more recent one sorta read like they've been designed with the film in mind, rather than alowing them to reach their full potential.

Ambrose_Ring

03-18-2006, 01:18 PM

I've loved the entire series through and through...up until the latest book. I didn't think that it was that good (at all), so now I'm kind of dreading what the next book will be like...

Aratos

03-18-2006, 01:23 PM

I can give you a somewhat accurate prediction of the plot if you want...

Ambrose_Ring

03-18-2006, 02:28 PM

Well, I read the book, so I know where it's headed, but the thing that worries me is how the book will be carried out. After all, it was the writing and plot developments in the 6th book that annoyed the heck out of me.

Alicia

03-18-2006, 03:00 PM

6th was just building up to 7, that's why it sucked. It was like a book of backround information for 7.

Countess Cain

03-18-2006, 03:24 PM

Harry Potter's pretty average. I've read all of the books and I've watched all of the movies, but the obsessive fans at my school simply scare me. Though I'm still looking forward to the seventh book, despite them.

Princess Ai 13

03-18-2006, 03:27 PM

I love the HP series so much!I can't wait until i get the last book this year!:)

Aratos

03-18-2006, 03:35 PM

This year? You mean it's been announced already?

blackmoon07

03-18-2006, 06:32 PM

Harry Potter books are pretty good but i hate all the fans.....though.......umm they talk about it to much and thats why i dislike them.........

Limited_Fantasy

03-18-2006, 06:47 PM

Hate all the fans? Then you must hate me as well. Lol, kidding. Anyway, I love this series, but hate the boy himself. I'm notorious for criticizing every little inaccuracies in the movies and in fan fiction as well. My favorite character has to be Severus Snape.

My favorite book of them all would be the Half-Blood Prince, but I do have complains about the fact that it seemed so fan fiction-y. I mean too much romance! The romance in it made me gag.

But I do consider myself a semi-hardcore fan. But then again, I only read it for Severus Snape and the rest of them Marauder-era guys. I do play in Harry Potter RPGs and I've played Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore--all of which I kept more canon than fanon.

Oh, and anime fan art of the series = <3

Frofro

03-18-2006, 08:06 PM

I love the Harry Potter series. I've liked it for 5 years now. My favorite book is the Chamber of Secrets even if everyone else seems to hate it. I also loved the Half Blood Prince. My favorite character is Draco, which could explain why I liked the Half Blood Prince so much.

..And not all Harry Potter fans talk about it too much. On the HP forum I go on most people don't talk about it a lot unless a new book or movie came out.

Murasakivie

03-18-2006, 08:29 PM

Haha, I'm a major Harry Potter fan! I spent a good few years addicted to Harry Potter chat rooms, roleplaying, fanfiction, etc...

I'm also a Harry Potter slash fan, which just makes the fandom all the more enjoyable. But it also means a lot of the fandom hates me... =(

I'm a lot more subdued in my HP love lately, though I will do the occasional slashy sketch of random HP characters of the same gender...

sensei-

03-18-2006, 08:29 PM

Well I realy enjoy Harry Potter series, I think those books are history now. My favorite is Half-Blood Prince. And I dislike hardcore fans, man they take all the fun away with the stupid comments. Just looking at them makes me sick (personal opinion ok? no hard feelings)

Murasakivie

03-18-2006, 08:32 PM

Oh, and anime fan art of the series = <3

Haha, totally. My dream is that somewhere out there in the world of OEL artists, someone will adapt the series. But who would be crazy enough to do a thing like that?!

sensei-

03-18-2006, 08:34 PM

Crazy people know that an animated adaptation of Harry Potter will be suicide.

duowolf

03-19-2006, 05:26 AM

The Harry Potter books are pretty cool but some of the fans can be pretty damn scary sometimes.

franchan

03-19-2006, 08:51 AM

Well I'm one of those fans who enjoys the books/movies, occasionally rps and reads fanfiction, but doesn't really talk about it much. I just made this thread because there wasn't already one... and I wanted to be the first! XD

My mind is too full of japanese things to be a rabid hp fan. ^_^;;

Parfait

03-19-2006, 08:57 AM

Harry Potter books are pretty good but i hate all the fans.....though.......umm they talk about it to much and thats why i dislike them.........

You hate me? For reading a book and enjoying it? Jerk. D<

Anyway, it's a good series with a ton of interesting characters (omg Sirius and Lupin :0*fawns*). There's also a lot of really great fanart and doujinshi of it.

franchan

03-19-2006, 09:11 AM

I assume he meant all the rabid obsessive fans. Although, he'd still be a jerk in that case. I bet he's rabid obsessive fan of anime (hey he joined a forum to chat about it all the time) and other stuff.

franchan

03-19-2006, 09:14 AM

Parfait, I keep on thinking I've seen that name and avatar of yours on another forum...

franchan

03-19-2006, 09:34 AM

I just sent my dad chasing after an ice cream van. :P (We really need a general chat thread)

Jacku

03-19-2006, 10:00 AM

I love the books and I just "like" the movies. I'm not a total nutcase about the series though. A friend of mine was pretty bored so she took an old beaten up copy of the first book and whenever the word wand appeared, she replaced it with wang. Reading the "revised" edition made me giggle.

blackmoon07

03-19-2006, 11:21 AM

I applaude to u Sensi

Shadow Ranger Blue

03-19-2006, 01:20 PM

I've read all the books more than once and they are great, the movies aren't half as good but that really is to be expected when there is so much going on in the books.

Gabycat

03-19-2006, 02:10 PM

It's funny how the fandom of a sereis can sometimes take it to heart any kind of comment that may not agree completely with their sense of the story.
In my case, my first encounter with the Harry Potter books was through an obsessed co-worker whom tried to spoon-feed me the book, claiming it better than Lord of The Rings. -enough to be said, I didn't agree with her -
Sometime later after the first Harry Potter movie came out, I was intrigued, liked the movie quite a bit, and then bought some books, thinking they would make a neat Christmas present for my older nephew (I have 3)
What was my surprise that my 10 years old nephew, looked at the books with sparkly eyes, and asked for whom were book 3?
I said "If they were for you?"
faster than the nimbus 2000, he had unwrapped the books and jump on the couch and began to read book 3, by the time of dinner he was already through half of the book.
He then began to ask me about my collection of Myth books, and he was sure i had one about faery lore and one about dragons, and suddenly, with all the pure untainted imagination of a child, I was taken into the Harry Potter world.
As a promise to my nephew, I read book 1, that Christmas night, and couldn't stop reading it, and finished the book by dawn.
Ever since, I became a Harry Potter avid reader, loving it both in English and its Spanish translation.
I don't consider it better than other books I have read, like Lord of The Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Mists of Avalon, the Last Unicorn, etc - I feel that Harry Potter won its place in the realm of modern mythology.
And I hope that like with so many other books, the Universe spawn from JK Rowling's head keeps growing to infinitum.

Mylicious

03-19-2006, 06:19 PM

Oh I love the harry potter books I havent read the 6th one yet, but I cant wait til I do.^__^ so who is everyones favorite characters? mine have to be the weasly twins, fred and george. they are just so funny.^__^

Murasakivie

03-19-2006, 09:14 PM

Frofro

03-19-2006, 09:33 PM

My favorite characters are Draco and the Weasley twins. I always change favorite characters though each time I re-read the books.

Gabycat

03-19-2006, 09:54 PM

my favorite is Hagrid ^__^ I love his love for all kinds of crazy creatures, next is Luna and then Harry.

Shannish

03-20-2006, 02:13 PM

I love Harry Potter!! I love the books and the movies!!

franchan

03-21-2006, 12:14 PM

Ron is definently my favorite character. He's just such a... guy! In a world full of complicated and excentric characters, someone like him is just a breath of fresh air. Plus, I have a thing for prideful redheads... Ooh! Percy!

It's weird, the Percy in the movies is absolutely nothing like the Percy I imagined. Personally I really dislike Percy in the books, but love Percy in the films (so far anyway).:rolleyes:

Edit: I must have missed in the books how awesome and crush-worthy Woods is. He seems really cheeky in the philosher's stone. Hehe.

Draco's hot, but I get the distinct impression that if I knew him in real life I'd really hate him.

My favourite character has got to be Peeves, though. That, or Professor Lockhart (he's so funny to read about). ^^

tsukasa

03-21-2006, 12:47 PM

HOLY CRAP, I cant believeHagrid and Ginny get killed!! :(
:( :(

Aratos

03-21-2006, 03:03 PM

Where'd you hear that? Sounds reasonable, but seriosuly, where?

Alphonse Elric

03-21-2006, 03:11 PM

HOLY CRAP, I cant believeHagrid and Ginny get killed!! :(
:( :(
... i know.. :(

Sangodare

03-21-2006, 03:14 PM

I love Harry Potter! But not nearly as much as I used too. I used to be obsessed with it, but then I discovered anime... Anyways I think I've read the 1st-4th books at least 20 times each and I've only read the 5th and 6th once.. Oh I've seen all the movies too, but I only own the Goblet of Fire. I have a question though. Is that spoiler real? Cause I've read all six books and that doesn't happen.. unless you're talking about the seventh one..

elisegrey

03-21-2006, 03:26 PM

I have a question though. Is that spoiler real? Cause I've read all six books and that doesn't happen.. unless you're talking about the seventh one..
Nope, it's not real. :D

Aratos

03-21-2006, 03:54 PM

elisegrey

03-21-2006, 04:03 PM

I see my sceptical logic wins again then. That said, it wouldn't surprise me if it did happen. I'm more interested in where the phoenix imagery's headed. I have this vision of All the old headmasters rising from the grave. At the very least I'm positive Dumbledore will, but the rest wouldn't surprise me. In particular, I'm sort of semi-expecting some of the school founders. Griffindor returning and actually making use of that sword of his Harry pulled from the sorting hat, anyone?
Personally, I don't think it's going to anywhere near as complicated as that - as JK Rowling said, death in the HP-verse is permanent, and cannot be undone. No matter how many ghosts there are, or however many murdered memories pop out of Voldemort's wand, it's important to remember that the main villain has turned out that way almost solely as a result of his search to attain immortality and thwart death. Perhaps the people you mentioned could return in spirit, but...

In my head, it all comes down to a final face-off, and a choice Harry's going to have to make. What I hope is that

Harry's scar itself turns out to be a horcrux
and I've no idea how they'd deal with that.

And ooh, yes - I'd love to see more of Gryffindor's sword... :D

Aratos

03-21-2006, 04:27 PM

elisegrey

03-21-2006, 04:34 PM

The question is, exactly wether death occured. See,
We saw Dumbledore being hit with the death curse. We saw him pitch over the edge. We saw his dead body. We didn't see him fall. But, he had a nosebleed. Mad-eye moody/barty crouch(sp) in book 4 commented that if any of the students tried the death curse on him, the worst they'd manage would probably be a nosebleed. Coincidence? I think not. Or do I? Then again, dumbledore looked pleadingly at snape. Maybe he was telling him that he should go ahead and kill him, as part of their big plan. It makes sense that Snape's on the good side. Sorta.
Y'see I NEVER ONCE THOUGHT SNAPE WAS EVIL. I know that's what everyone says in retrospect, but I really never did - not once. I was so shocked when I found out some people thought that that look from Dumbledore was a plea for mercy; it'd simply never crossed my mind. Remember later when Harry accuses Snape of being a coward? And then Snape reacts by going mental at him? I think it's because killing Dumbledore was the bravest thing Snape's ever done - to make sure Draco didn't have to. Personally, I think Dumbledore was dying anyway after drinking that stuff in the basin (most heart-wrenching scene ever, btw), and so...

But wow, I'd never thought about that whole nosebleed thing... Hmm. I'm still thinking he's really dead, because of the whole literary tradition of mentors dying just before the final kick, leaving their protagonist-pupil to learn. Nevertheless, a revived Dumbly would be awesome. :D

vanilla_frosting

03-21-2006, 06:19 PM

I love the Harry Potter books and movies. J.K. Rowling is amazing, she created this whole new world and keeps all her facts straight while making the plot still interesting. I like how after the third book and near the end of the fourth book the plot became darker. The sixth book, oh man it's love for me. It was like the book of revelations. Awesome *squeal*.

I was disappointed in the casting for Diggory and Krum in the movie though. Diggory was supposed to be really REALLY good looking, but he was just okay. Krum was supposed to be..well I forget but not as he was. lol.

Gabycat

03-21-2006, 07:19 PM

Y'see I NEVER ONCE THOUGHT SNAPE WAS EVIL. I know that's what everyone says in retrospect, but I really never did - not once. I was so shocked when I found out some people thought that that look from Dumbledore was a plea for mercy; it'd simply never crossed my mind. Remember later when Harry accuses Snape of being a coward? And then Snape reacts by going mental at him? I think it's because killing Dumbledore was the bravest thing Snape's ever done - to make sure Draco didn't have to. Personally, I think Dumbledore was dying anyway after drinking that stuff in the basin (most heart-wrenching scene ever, btw), and so...

But wow, I'd never thought about that whole nosebleed thing... Hmm. I'm still thinking he's really dead, because of the whole literary tradition of mentors dying just before the final kick, leaving their protagonist-pupil to learn. Nevertheless, a revived Dumbly would be awesome. :D
*blinks* how you manage to make the "spoiler" links?

i want to comment... but I don't want to show spoilers...heh

tsukasa

03-21-2006, 10:25 PM

type every ting exactly like this
[spoiler=Spoiler]

tsukasa

03-21-2006, 10:26 PM

the write what you want
then type exactly this
[/spoiler]

if done correctly it will come out like this
The only way to kill Voldermort is for harry to get rid of all the hohocrux's, this includes his scar, and the only way to do that is to die

Gaara

03-21-2006, 10:34 PM

i don't know whether some of you should put spoiler on here as all of it is just guess work really...she's in the process of making the seventh book so nothing you here now can be true really

tsukasa

03-21-2006, 10:44 PM

when does Year 7 come out?

R.A.B. = Regulas A. Black

Aratos

03-22-2006, 05:35 AM

guesswork maybe, but guesswork based on what happened in the books that have been published. And we'd hate to ruin the experience for those who haven't read them by some idiot saying "omfg! Hagrid gets eaten by centaurs in teh book 5!" or something, eh?

elisegrey

03-22-2006, 07:28 AM

when does Year 7 come out?

R.A.B. = Regulas A. Black
Yep! That's what I thought - I don't think anyone really found that very hard. I don't know, I was kind of wishing for something a little more... shocking?

tsukasa

03-22-2006, 11:03 PM

It's amazing, cause out of everyone I talk to, know one either remembers him, or thinks its someone else. But the initals give it dead away.

Aratos

03-23-2006, 06:16 AM

Though you could argue that it's too obvious. I wouldn't but the argument is there.

Murasakivie

03-23-2006, 07:02 AM

Though you could argue that it's too obvious. I wouldn't but the argument is there.

That's what I thought at first too, but I started beliving it when I read about Harry Potter books in other languages that translate R.A.B. to R.A.M. or R.A.Z, and how the word "black" translated still fits that initial.

Aratos

03-23-2006, 07:51 AM

Well that's boring.

tsukasa

03-24-2006, 02:34 PM

well, seeing as how its the last book, JKR isnt going to bring in any really major new characters. some will die, yea, but no new ones.

Aratos

03-24-2006, 04:05 PM

Which is a watsed opportunity if you ask me. Adding a new character can be an interesting plot twist if done correctly.

Murasakivie

03-24-2006, 10:42 PM

Well, if the story's going the way it's been obviously plotted out, then it'll be impossible for him not to meet new people on his journeys.

blossomingdeath

03-24-2006, 11:23 PM

do you think harry will die in the 7th book? i'm kind of hoping he will.....

tsukasa

03-25-2006, 12:52 AM

I belive he will, because I believe his scar is a horocrux, and not really the killing spell

Murasakivie

03-25-2006, 09:01 AM

I honestly could care less whether Harry died or not, at this point I'm sort of sick of his character. I just hope Ron doesn't die, despite the signs that he might.

Aratos

03-25-2006, 09:06 AM

I have to agree there, actually. He's turned into a right arsehole.

Alphonse Elric

03-25-2006, 10:37 AM

how do you think she's gonna end it?

blossomingdeath

03-25-2006, 10:38 AM

I agree w/ Murasakivie. Ron is my fav character, he can't die....
I hope there will be an epilogue.

Aratos

03-25-2006, 10:45 AM

Well she was on the BBC a couple years ago with the epilogue. Aparently she uses it to spur her on to actually finish it all. She also has a book written on the hsitory of the death eaters that I'd love to get a looksee at.

Alphonse Elric

03-25-2006, 11:00 AM

i agree ron can't die.. hes just to cool and neither can harry.. cuz hes my favorite character.. not just hes the main character..

Morbid

03-25-2006, 09:35 PM

i love it

Alicia

03-26-2006, 02:10 AM

Notice how nobody ever worries about Hermione?

Murasakivie

03-26-2006, 07:39 AM

Haha, that's because Hermione is a nag. :P

mei-chan

03-26-2006, 09:23 AM

i like the series as well, my favorite characters are the Weasley twins, and in the movies i really like Severus Snape (Alan Rickman)
Alan Rickman also did a good part as the sherrif in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves as well, makes the entire film a lot better:rolleyes:
i don't know how it will end, well see when we get the book i suppose
what's this about a book about the history of the deatheaters? I would love to read more about that, i wanna know lots about what happened back then

Aratos

03-26-2006, 09:32 AM

Alan Rickman also did a good part as the sherrif in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves as well, makes the entire film a lot better:

You mean him and Brian Blessed were the only decent thing about the film. *wanders off ranting about "hadrians wall" and "would have snapped his fingers"*

Pig Head

03-26-2006, 09:36 AM

JK Rowling has confirmed that the last word of the last book is "scar" what that means who knows...I will say that Harry Potter fandom has done some interesting things. There are at least two really good podcasts out there that release every week and discuss issues, theories, etc pertaining to the series. I'd like to see more manga podcasts if possible...

Murasakivie

03-27-2006, 07:28 AM

They came across a body that they could only identify by the lightning bolt scar.

Haha, it should totally end that way.

Ashton_Anchors

03-27-2006, 07:32 AM

They came across a body that they could only identify by the lightning bolt scar.

Haha, it should totally end that way.

I agree. I do think that she is going to kill off Harry in the end. If she didn't, fans would command her to write more books based on his life outside of Hogwarts. So in order to not have to write anymore I think she's going to kill him off.

TheMangaQueen

03-27-2006, 07:40 AM

I'll be so glad when the last book is written and done. I am frankly sick of all the Harry Potter fandom. I used to like Harry Potter, but I stopped at the 3rd book and never looked back. The fandom is nuts. Way too popular.

YamPuff

03-27-2006, 07:41 AM

I love, love, LOVE the actor for Snape and Gilderoy (such hotties; yeah I'm that twisted) but I HATED the guy they got for Remus Lupin. Anybody agree?

Lupin was supposed to be a quiet, sensitive laid back guy, not some moron with a musttache and some record player. Blech.

Nyanyan

03-27-2006, 07:45 AM

Somehow, the popularity when out of control. Even LoTR is not that overly famous.

I dunno, I bet thousands of fans would cry if Harry died, and riots may happen, and it'll be THE END OF THE WORLD~~~! JKR would probably get more death threats.

But I argee, if he died, it'll be the ONLY possible end to his stories, unless JKR wants to continue after he graduates from Hogwarts.

Lupin was supposed to be a quiet, sensitive laid back guy, not some moron with a musttache and some record player. Blech.

Yes, he was suppose to be cute, without the moustache, XD

<3 Marauders
JKR should write more stories of them.

YamPuff

03-27-2006, 07:46 AM

YamPuff

03-27-2006, 07:57 AM

HOLY CRAP, I cant believeHagrid and Ginny get killed!! :(
:( :(

That's not true; J.K.Rowling said that in an interview that she had destined Ginny for Harry and had to prepare her for it by her adventures. So that just doesn't make sense.

Aratos

03-27-2006, 08:05 AM

She also admited that Ginny's a Mary Sue. What does this tell us?

YamPuff

03-27-2006, 08:15 AM

She also admited that Ginny's a Mary Sue. What does this tell us?

THAT SHE'S TOTALLY GONNA

Kill her off. Or not. I hate Mary Sues.

I did a spoiler button!Yay!

Ashton_Anchors

03-27-2006, 09:13 AM

I was just relieved that

Spoiler, since I don't know how to get the tag on this board

Dumbledore got killed in the 6th. By one of my favorite characters nonetheless.

Mitzuki

03-27-2006, 09:20 AM

I wasnt releived XD doh i didnt like the ending cuz i already knew he was going to die when i started the book. i just hope that 7 is worth the wait

YamPuff

03-27-2006, 01:31 PM

I wasnt releived XD doh i didnt like the ending cuz i already knew he was going to die when i started the book. i just hope that 7 is worth the wait

Look at the bright side. If it isn't...all that practice on my excrutiatus curse won't have been in vain.

chousenjin

03-27-2006, 05:01 PM

Did anyone think it was strange that JK Rowling suddenly threw in an Asian girl to be Harry's love interest?
And what's with the name Cho Chang? It might as well have been Ching Chong.
I was quite offended after I read that.

Ashton_Anchors

03-27-2006, 05:21 PM

The weirder thing with the name of Cho was that I do have a friend, a Chinese friend by the name of Cho Chang, Cho Min Chang to be exact, that was when I still lived in FL, but we still keep contact through email.

Murasakivie

03-27-2006, 08:59 PM

She wasn't thrown in there suddenly... She was sort of seeped in there in the third book. But why am I defending Cho Chang? I hated her in the book.

CrazyCat

03-27-2006, 09:03 PM

I like the books but the fifth book made me depressed and I started hating Harry. I was happy with the sixth book even though it was sad.

YamPuff

03-28-2006, 12:28 AM

Yeah, in the end JK said he's destined for Ginny, a Brit like he is. Smacks of racial prejudice (kidding, I'm kidding, sheesh).

I happen to hate Ginny. Anyone with me? And Harry. I always liked Cho Chang and thought she was cute (plus I'm Asian-biased).

Aratos

03-28-2006, 03:07 AM

Yeah, I find Ginny to be pretty annoying. On the other hand, after book five I found CHo pretty darned annoying as well.

Mitzuki

03-28-2006, 04:44 AM

I find it a cute couple like his parents were

YamPuff

03-29-2006, 01:11 PM

I find it annoying that both his mother and love interest are 'popular girls'. That's just not right. So Hermione can't be with Mr.Harry because she's not popular?

I know JK didn't mean it that way, but I like social outcasts, being one myself XD

Paper Flowers

03-30-2006, 01:56 PM

I don't like Ginny for the simple reason that in JKR's attempts to make her cool, she inadvertantly made her a bitch. And I'm still not buying this "destined" relationship. I can understand why Harry might be lusting after her-he's young and you don't usually need a reason to like people at that age. But that hardly makes it True Love.

But what's killing me is Ron/Hermione. No, please, no. It's horrible what she's doing to poor Hermione and everytime the book starts up with another Hermione-liking-Ron scene, I want to skip it entirely. I mean, WHY? Just give me one good reason for this!

I think building believable romances is JKR's weakness so that may explain it.

chousenjin

03-30-2006, 02:00 PM

I've always liked Ginny, even when she was quiet... I just don't understand why she'd go with a douchebag like Harry.
Or why Hermione would go with Ron. He's been such a prick all this time. Why would anyone like him?
If I were Hermione, I'd totally go with Fred or George. Or both of them. Not only are twins hot, they're good entrepreneurs, and they're both funny. And they never act like whiny babies. True men, they are.

black_myst

03-30-2006, 02:07 PM

i have say after reading the 5th and 6th book , i hate .................................................. .................................................. . absolutely HATE the gryindors.(sp? sorry, i'm on cafeen right now) i think j.k. rowling killed the books after the 5th volume.

Paper Flowers

03-30-2006, 04:01 PM

If I were Hermione, I'd totally go with Fred or George. Or both of them. Not only are twins hot, they're good entrepreneurs, and they're both funny. And they never act like whiny babies. True men, they are.

Exactly. Why get between them when you can... er... get between them? ;) In any case, they had more chemistry that Ron/Hermione ever did. I can't understand why she's supposed to like him. I really can't. And I thought Krum/Hermione was much better and would have been adorable if Rowling had chosen to continue their relationship.

I would have liked Ginny better if Rowling had kept developing her in the way she was going. But this Ginny is just... I dunno where she came from, but she's not the shy and quiet Ginny I originally liked.

YamPuff

04-01-2006, 02:43 AM

Me too. I liked the quiet Ginny. I keep feeling like JK is sending this: 'girls-you-should-be-cool-like-Ginny' message. Her sudden change came about suddenly and for no reason. No developement.

I always liked Ron, but not as a boyfriend. Krum and Hermione were so much better. As for the twins, I'm marrying them, so don't go pairing them with other characters XD Those two are the best characters. They should have been the main characters, not Harry.

I hate him so much.

And I hate the books past five, definately.

JimDeVico

04-01-2006, 09:53 AM

And I hate the books past five, definately.

Hasn't there only been one book past five so far?

Aratos

04-01-2006, 10:24 AM

Yep. She's only released six.

YamPuff

04-01-2006, 10:40 AM

Oopsie. I meant books past three.

xdeathberry

04-01-2006, 05:45 PM

I am simply obsessed with Harry Potter ^__^

Eh. I hate Ginny. I mean, she can die for all I care. lol
1-5 were classics. 6 was rubbish. No offense. o__o''
HBP mainly focused on relationships. Aka, who's with who. Who loves who.
I felt like _______'s death was flung towards the in.
It really didn't seem as if the whole chronicles developed any further.

I thought I was reading more of a love fanfiction. =__=

TheMangaQueen

04-02-2006, 01:17 PM

black_myst

04-02-2006, 06:15 PM

The thing is I HAVE heard people say that they've read better Harry Potter fanfiction than the books themselves. It seems that J.K. Rowling is doing less of her own thing and more of what the fans want. And that's just sad, because the fans are starting to write better stuff than her. She had a great idea in the beginning, and she deserves every penny she gets from her works, but enough is enough. Harry Potter has become WAY too ridiculously famous for it's own good.
Like I said in my earlier post, stopped at the third book, never looked back.

omg that is totally true! when i read the 5th book, i felt like i was reading the worst fanfiction ever wrote, main cause i was sitting in front of the computer.... and yea. now... it's like... okay... move aside j.k. rowling, since ur not listening to the fans, they're gonna correct ur mistakes.... it seems like that.

Paper Flowers

04-02-2006, 06:40 PM

omg that is totally true! when i read the 5th book, i felt like i was reading the worst fanfiction ever wrote, main cause i was sitting in front of the computer.... and yea. now... it's like... okay... move aside j.k. rowling, since ur not listening to the fans, they're gonna correct ur mistakes.... it seems like that.

Eh... I don't think it was quite that bad... certainly not that good, though. HBP feels more like a build-up to Book 7. Unfortunately, way too much of it was devoted to these silly relationships. Yes, teenagers are hormonal, but this is just silly. It's like that's all that anyone ever thought about or did. And I don't recall the trio passing anybody making out in the Gryffindor common room in any of the other books as was constantly happening in HBP. And while a few characters might get away with it (Ron? Sure, Ron can get away with that)... Hermione? Hermione be more interested than her books, her political activism, her... anything and everything else she has to do? What did they do with her brain?

I might have been able to excuse HBP if JKR could actually write relationships well and keep them interesting... but she can't. She just can't. They're annoying and silly and that damn monster-in-Harry's-chest analogy just drove me insane. Whole books devoted to relationships are best left to fanfiction (unless it's an actual romance novel). It's interesting to suggest she just wrote it for the fans... that's very possible... that would explain why it's so bad.

Pig Head

04-02-2006, 07:52 PM

I agree about HBP being a "build up". As I was reading it I felt it just didn't have the same scope as the other books. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it of course. In many ways I feel P of A is the strongest book. Although Voldemort doesn't really appear at all, his influence is felt everywhere. Does anyone here listen to any of the Harry Potter podcasts like Mugglecast and Pottecast?

xdeathberry

04-04-2006, 09:07 AM

Eh... I don't think it was quite that bad... certainly not that good, though. HBP feels more like a build-up to Book 7. Unfortunately, way too much of it was devoted to these silly relationships. Yes, teenagers are hormonal, but this is just silly. It's like that's all that anyone ever thought about or did. And I don't recall the trio passing anybody making out in the Gryffindor common room in any of the other books as was constantly happening in HBP. And while a few characters might get away with it (Ron? Sure, Ron can get away with that)... Hermione? Hermione be more interested than her books, her political activism, her... anything and everything else she has to do? What did they do with her brain?

I might have been able to excuse HBP if JKR could actually write relationships well and keep them interesting... but she can't. She just can't. They're annoying and silly and that damn monster-in-Harry's-chest analogy just drove me insane. Whole books devoted to relationships are best left to fanfiction (unless it's an actual romance novel). It's interesting to suggest she just wrote it for the fans... that's very possible... that would explain why it's so bad.

I so totally agree. Relationships in that book went way overboard. I thought I made a mistake and was reading some horrible lovey-dovey fanfiction. I have to say.. I'm quite disappointed in JKR.
She turned our little Hero-like Harry into some.. thing. I really don't appreciate how she tried to "change" his character.
I also agree. I think she just wrote that rubbish for fans. No offense. -___-

GracieLizzy

04-06-2006, 04:01 PM

And while a few characters might get away with it (Ron? Sure, Ron can get away with that)... Hermione? Hermione be more interested than her books, her political activism, her... anything and everything else she has to do? What did they do with her brain?

So... intelligent, book loving, polictically active people can't think about sex? Or get jealous? Just because Hermione is brainy doesn't mean she's asexual. Personally I think Ron/Hermione makes sense for now, opposites attract, and all whether it'll last is another thing. I can't really see Hermione marrying Ron (though Arthur irritagating his inlaws was alway a favourite mental image of mine :D) but them being girlfriend and boyfriend doesn't seem odd too me.

When I read HBP I was was put out by Harry/Ginny simply because Harry's feelings seemed to come out of nowhere, and that'd I'd been wrongfully predicting Harry/Luna based on the conversation between them at the end of OotP. But what threw me most was this:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/gracielizzy/ico-lutonks10.gif
(created by Naomi Noelle (http://naomi-noelle.livejournal.com/), of Potter Puffs (http://potterpuffs.livejournal.com/))

Only because I was hoping Lupin would be left single at the end of the series so slash-fans like myself could interpret Lupin as gay if we wanted. Oh well C'est la Vie :(

franchan

04-08-2006, 07:53 AM

*Blinkblink* My thread has become popular. I wonder if all the other threads bitch about it. (Joke) :p

Paper Flowers

04-08-2006, 04:14 PM

So... intelligent, book loving, polictically active people can't think about sex? Or get jealous? Just because Hermione is brainy doesn't mean she's asexual.

I never said she couldn't or that she was. But the way it was portrayed seemed to kill the previous characterization of Hermione that JKR had done. A little would have been fine. But it went overboard. I don't have a problem with the concept, I have a problem with the delivery.

GracieLizzy

04-10-2006, 06:42 AM

Ah, I see, and I do kinda see what you mean. But to be honest, and what I'm about to say may get me lynched by someone (shippers can be scary), I don't think romance is JKR's strong suit. Her action, adventure and intrigue building is wonderful but her romance feels a little forced, I found Harry's sudden feeling for Ginny for example to a little weridly written to be honest.

Murasakivie

04-10-2006, 06:53 AM

I don't think romance is JKR's strong suit. Her action, adventure and intrigue building is wonderful but her romance feels a little forced, I found Harry's sudden feeling for Ginny for example to a little weridly written to be honest.

I agree completely. If a fanfiction writer can convince me that Percy and Neville will make a plausible couple within the first chapter, but JKR can't make Harry/Ginny seem canon after 6 books, there's something drastically wrong with that.

GracieLizzy

04-10-2006, 07:01 AM

Yes, I'm afraid to say I've read fanfics with more eloquently developed romances than Harry/Ginny and Lupin/Tonks in HBP, it's a shame.

xdeathberry

04-11-2006, 07:45 PM

I agree wholeheartedly.
How can it be Harry/Ginny?
Sure, the relationship is alright [not like I prefer it] but it was thrown.
I mean.. all this talking of 'snogging'
I think just because you're in boarding school, that doesn't not give you the right to exchange saliva just because your parents aren't there.
What would Harry's parents say?

C'mon. Snogging in Hogwarts?
Utterly disgusting on my part. =___=

Pixie Dust

04-22-2006, 09:38 AM

I really couldn't see Harry and Ginny together. I just thought they weren't suited. I wanted it to be Harry & Luna and Ginny & Neville :D

I think the thing with the Harry Potter books is that books 1, 2 & 3, while there's the whole ultimate-evil-of-Voldemort-that-has-to-be-defeated thing going on in the background, each book had its own, solid plot with a beginning, middle and end of the adventure. While the fourth book still has its own plot, because Voldemort returns you start to get the whole omg-Harry's-finally-going-to-fight-him vibe. Then with the fifth and sixth books particularly they're build ups to the final book and the final confrontation with Voldemort. The HBP especially is really a filler before book 7, so wasn't as good as the previous books. Personally, I think that's the reason for all the half-developed romances in it.

I definitely don't think Harry's scar is gonna be the last horcrux. I mean, how is gonna destroy that and then go and finish off Voldemort in that case??? I also think that he's not going to die, but that he'll lose of all his magical powers and become a muggle at the end. And Draco Malfoy will help him, but Snape's completely evil. I mean, I realised afterwards that all through the series he's referred to Voldemort as "The Dark Lord", and only his followers call him that. Coincidence? I think not!!!! And I reckon the locket R.A.B stole is going to be 12 Grimmauld Place .....

Riku109Niwa

04-22-2006, 10:47 PM

i like harry potter, its hard not to like. i havent met anyone who really really hates it yet...cept overly-religious people...:0

YamPuff

04-23-2006, 08:18 AM

i like harry potter, its hard not to like. i havent met anyone who really really hates it yet...cept overly-religious people...:0

Which is strange because HP is all about morals, friendship, etc.

I hate Harry Potter the kid. The series...I liked 'em until about books four and up. And yes, I agree, JK has no talent for romance or love of any kind. Nuh-uh *shakes head* I don't see Ginny and Harry working because they are both too strong and clash too much; a couple like that would always be fighting with no one giving in.

But since I hate them both so much maybe they should be together. Poor Lupin...I don't like Tonks either...but Snape? Ahhhhh

feder

04-23-2006, 11:42 PM

Which is strange because HP is all about morals, friendship, etc.

It's because there's "witch-craft" in it. Some people are afraid that it will teach their kids how to do magic, or make them want to learn magic.
I'm religious myself, but I really don't have a problem with reading Harry Potter.
I think people are making a big deal over nothing.

Rosie1

04-24-2006, 04:27 PM

hey whatz up u guys! l loved reading all the Harry Potter books and i can't wait til the next and final book comes out!!!

SaSuNaRu

04-24-2006, 05:05 PM

It's because there's "witch-craft" in it. Some people are afraid that it will teach their kids how to do magic, or make them want to learn magic.
I'm religious myself, but I really don't have a problem with reading Harry Potter.
I think people are making a big deal over nothing.

I remember when the first book came out, and I loved it!!

HOWEVER, my extremely religious godmother went on an "anti-Harry Potter" crusade.

Which leads me to bring my books everytime I visit her house, and talk about it non-stop.

PS. Ron x Hermione FOREVER XD

sensei-

04-27-2006, 10:19 PM

PS. Ron x Hermione FOREVER XD

Totaly agree.
Im dying to read the next book. Death will be a hot thing in the next book and I totaly dig that.

Pixie Dust

04-28-2006, 12:49 PM

Wormtail's so gonna die saving Harry's life from Voldemort cuz he's still in his debt from book 3.

gal12

04-29-2006, 01:01 PM

wormtail is gonna die saving harry, but harry might end up dying, too.

Pedes

04-30-2006, 05:50 AM

I'll get killed bu Ja-Nin if I won't do it...
DO I like HP? I do. With my freind we have a fanart page http://pottering.deviantart.com.

Wormtaiol must die, or I'll kill him XD

My friend, Ja-Nin says Harry will die for sure. ;.;

Murasakivie

04-30-2006, 09:13 AM

I don't think Wormtail is going to do crap to save Harry... He has nothing to gain from it! But I also don't want him to die.... I'm something of a Peter/Wormtail fan.

blossomingdeath

04-30-2006, 10:47 PM

I don't think he will do anything either, but hope he dies and harry too XD

Pedes

05-01-2006, 02:48 AM

I don't think he will do anything either, but hope he dies and harry too XD
There was theory that everybody will die except DUmbledore. It's impossible now though :D

Azuri_2006

05-10-2006, 11:36 AM

Finally some on who can and wiil be able to type and chat for hours on end by the way i am Azuri_2006 and if u see any of my posts read and reply to give me advice, tips, and critisim ( mainly positive) kay i am not tryin to be rude but i don't and will no take any negativity... i aslo like Harry Potter i am reading order of the pheonix so far and after that book i will be reading Harry Potter and the half blood prince :) :D ;)

Aratos

05-10-2006, 11:54 AM

so you're reading them in the recomended reading order then? Whatever next.

Pedes

05-10-2006, 12:02 PM

Pixie Dust

05-21-2006, 08:25 AM

I don't think Wormtail is going to do crap to save Harry... He has nothing to gain from it! Yeah, but Harry saved him in Book 3. So now he's in Harry's debt. So he has to do something to save Harry.

YamPuff

05-21-2006, 09:41 AM

Yeah, but Harry saved him in Book 3. So now he's in Harry's debt. So he has to do something to save Harry.
Naw.. I mean, he certainly won't go out of his way to do it. So only if he's magically bound and forced against his will and even than he'll probably mulch it up. I hate him. Grr.

But who knows?

Murasakivie

05-21-2006, 10:33 AM

Yeah, but Harry saved him in Book 3. So now he's in Harry's debt. So he has to do something to save Harry.

He doesn't have to. Like YamPuff said, only if he's magically bound to. He's not, though, otherwise he would've helped him out in book 4. But no, he was busy slicing up Harry's arm to help give a new body to his archnemesis.

I don't think he's capable of having a change of heart so suddenly, either. Sure, he used to be best friends with the father, godfather, and werewolf buddy to Harry, but he's been in the deatheater business too long to turn back. And even if it's out of fear, Wormtail doesn't look like he's ready to leave Voldemort's side for anything.

Yeah... You can tell I think way too much about this subject... ¬_¬

elisegrey

05-21-2006, 01:21 PM

He doesn't have to. Like YamPuff said, only if he's magically bound to. He's not, though, otherwise he would've helped him out in book 4. But no, he was busy slicing up Harry's arm to help give a new body to his archnemesis.

I don't think he's capable of having a change of heart so suddenly, either. Sure, he used to be best friends with the father, godfather, and werewolf buddy to Harry, but he's been in the deatheater business too long to turn back. And even if it's out of fear, Wormtail doesn't look like he's ready to leave Voldemort's side for anything.

Yeah... You can tell I think way too much about this subject... ¬_¬
He has tried to help Harry, though ...if in a quite pathetic way. I can't remember exactly, but he does attempt to get Voldemort to consider options other than Harry in either GOF or OotP. I just think that with so much foreshadowing, and the fact that Dumbledore's theories generally tend to prove correct, then it's pretty much inevitable that he'll do something in the last book. It might not work, it might not even be that much, but I doubt he'll do nothing. Even if he is a pathetic little worm.

My main reason? Foreshadowing. One thing you could never accuse JKR of being is subtle. :D

Gaara

05-21-2006, 06:44 PM

wormtail help harry?....nope it won't happen....Why? Because Voldemort scares the living Hell out of him and he wouldn't dare go against his master who could kill him in an instant

sailor_earth

05-21-2006, 07:26 PM

I think Wormtail will help Harry in the end but I don't think he'll realize it. I've been rereading The Half-Blood Prince for like the 1999 time because I've been going over the Horcruxes. I think I'm pretty close to figuring out the last one I've just got to check with a few of my friends on what they think.

*Tanya*

Wrath

05-21-2006, 08:02 PM

I love Harry Potter, just like pretty much everyone here ^^ I have only read a few of the pages on this thread, so I don't know if anyone already thought these things, but here goes

Personally, right off, after learning about the horcruxes, I thought Harry's scar was one. I almost hope I am WRONG, because 1) Harry would die, and 2) That's so damn predictable (I think, I can't be the ONLY one thinking it, after all! But, I still think she (J.K. Rowling) might kill him off anyway, because then she would no longer have to write another Harry Potter book. WHY she wouldn't want to, I don't know. Also, I don't think that Snape was evil, at all. I am pretty sure he only killed Dumbledore because of the promise he had made to Draco's mother. Also, he and Dumbledore might have even prearanged killing Dumbledore? I don't know, but there are SO many possiblities! And why, oh why, did she kill off Sirius? I almost didn't buy the next book because of that, but then I realized I was being a baby, and bought it anyway... ^^;;

On another note, my favorite characters are Sirius, Remus, Draco, and Snape. I have a weakness for "diet coke" bad guys, in other words, villains who aren't evil, only misguided, or under certain circumstances. Also, I am a shounen ai fan, but I will probably get my head bashed in for admitting such... ^^;;

Aratos

05-22-2006, 03:55 AM

Drace isn't misguided. In fact JK gets really annoyed by people that say how much they like him, when he's a sick and twisted little bastard with no morals.
As seen int he quotes here.

I'm trying to clearly distinguish between Tom Felton, who is a good looking young boy, and Draco, who, whatever he looks like, is not a nice man. It’s a romantic, but unhealthy, and unfortunately all too common delusion of — delusion, there you go — of girls, and you will know this, that they are going to change someone. And that persists through many women's lives, till their death bed, and it is uncomfortable and unhealthy and it actually worried me a little bit, to see young girls swearing undying devotion to this really imperfect character, because there must be an element in there, that "I'd be the one who [changes him]." I mean, I understand the psychology of it, but it is pretty unhealthy. So, a couple of times I have written back, possibly quite sharply, saying , "You want to rethink your priorities here."

also
Well, there is information on that to come, in seven. But I would say that I think it has been demonstrated, particularly in books five and six that immense brainpower does not protect you from emotional mistakes and I think Dumbledore really exemplifies that. In fact, I would tend to think that being very, very intelligent might create some problems and it has done for Dumbledore, because his wisdom has isolated him, and I think you can see that in the books, because where is his equal, where is his confidante, where is his partner? He has none of those things. He’s always the one who gives, he’s always the one who has the insight and has the knowledge. So I think that, while I ask the reader to accept that McGonagall is a very worthy second in command, she is not an equal. You have a slightly circuitous answer, but I can't get much closer than that.

elisegrey

05-22-2006, 06:03 AM

Drace isn't misguided. In fact JK gets really annoyed by people that say how much they like him, when he's a sick and twisted little bastard with no morals.
Now believe me when I say I'm no Draco apologist. Yes, I was (not any more!) in the H/D part of the fandom for years, but I never lost sight of the fact that he is essentially a racist little ****.

But. To say he has no morals is misguided. Why else would he have been crying alone in the Girls' Bathroom, or hesitating at the crucial moment when he could have killed Dumbledore without anyone (or so he thought) being any the wiser? For myself, I think that as with the Hermione issue, JKR projects just a little too much onto these situations - it's impossible to be evil at the age of sixteen, and that she's completely rejected even the possibility of redemption for a brainwashed boy says something more about her than about her characters.

Murasakivie

05-22-2006, 07:04 AM

Wormtail has attempted to help Harry? The only thing I can remember that could be interpreted like that is in GoF when Wormtail is telling Voldemort they could just use the blood of another of his enemies for the potion. I thought that part was out of fear, but maybe not? I'll have to do some re-reading today.

I agree with Aratos and Ellie_i on the Draco bit wholeheartedly. His crying and hesitation wasn't over the fact that he really isn't a cruel bigot, but that he's just not that kind of cruel bigot. He'd rather just sit upon his ivory tower and continue looking down on others without having to do anything at all. If he survives through book 7, he's going to have a tough time in the real world.

But I do hate the sort of fangirl that gushes over a reformed Draco. Which is why I do my best to stay away from all Draco fanfiction. It's a very frightening thing to read about Draco calling Ginny his "sweetheart." x_x

elisegrey

05-22-2006, 08:06 AM

But I do hate the sort of fangirl that gushes over a reformed Draco. Which is why I do my best to stay away from all Draco fanfiction. It's a very frightening thing to read about Draco calling Ginny his "sweetheart." x_x
Oh God, that's almost as bad as leatherpants!Draco - all trendily snarky and ooc. I remember my first ever fic (apart from the HP/Cats crossover that we do not talk about >_>) was a D/G, and I'm really rather surprised I didn't just turn my back on fandom there and then. I'm sure there are a few good examples out there somewhere in which Draco is not suave and misunderstood, and Ginny is not ignored and belittled by her family, but I haven't found any yet. Draco + romance = me falling off my chair laughing. :D

JimDeVico

05-22-2006, 09:38 AM

Have you all seen this site: http://www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com/

Aratos

05-22-2006, 11:15 AM

Interesting site, that. I don't see enough proof of anything there, though.

Pedes

05-22-2006, 11:20 AM

Have you all seen this site: http://www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com/
O.o Interesting.

elisegrey

05-22-2006, 11:26 AM

Have you all seen this site: http://www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com/
...interesting. I thought JKR had said once that when someone dies in canon then that's it. They ain't coming back.

That's not my reason for hoping he doesn't turn out to be alive, though. I'd hate it because it would be such a cop-out.

Wrath

05-24-2006, 01:20 AM

Pedes

05-24-2006, 04:38 AM

Book 5

I just wish she hadn't killed Sirius, or at least had thought to kill him in a cooler way...like rescuing Remus or Harry or something, not that lame curtain thing...

That's why many think it's not the end yet...
IT all semed so... unfinihsed... like Sirius haven't said all he had to say. And he has to appear once more in the story

Murasakivie

05-24-2006, 07:11 AM

I doubt Sirius is alive in some way. I think that was the end. I thought his death was appropriate. Sure, he's an emotion-driven guy, but towards the end of his life, he was becoming reckless with his actions and not thinking them through. But then again, so was Harry.

YamPuff

05-24-2006, 08:24 AM

Hey, I never said I wanted to see Draco reformed, but I agree with ellie_i that he cannot be completely evil and there should always be the option of redemption, he could be 50 and have a revelation, I don't care (IF he lives that long). If JKR truly wants to categorize him as irredeemable at his age, then she is the one with issues. But I never saw him as evil, more a racist, intolerable bastard raised by people with these tendencies and the determination to plant the seed of hatred in their spawn. I have met such people in real life, and wouldn't call them evil.

And anyway, I like Sirius and Remus MUCH more as characters, and they aren't even diet coke evil characters! I like characters like Sirius, especially. A bit of a lunatic, but with a good heart, loyal to a fault, but too quick to act on emotions, and sometimes says stupid things before properly thinking them out. And of course, the ever practical Remus. ^^ Or have I been reading too many fanworks? ^^;;;

Wrath.. you are qualified to be my friend. Yes.. I know its a great and heavy honor..

=3 Anyway, I do hate the way JK makes her evil villains.. they are all the kids of evil, born of evil. The good guys all have good parents. (Except for, what? Black? Whooptie Doo) And if you're in Slytherin you must be awful and so must your parents. How's that for breeding prejudice? The Singing Hat never said anything about Slytherins being evil dummies. JK is supposed to be putting down prejudice and eveyrhting and then pulls a stunt like that? If Snape and Malfoy don't get some sort of redemption or are shown to be completely iredeemable (like Wrath said) than JK should not be writing for children.

Gr..

Oh.. Snape is my fave character, since book one. :D

Aratos

05-24-2006, 08:45 AM

JK stated in an interview on mugglenet that the slytherins are not all evil. It's merely the case that the ones who happen to be the most seen in the books are the offspring of death eaters, or the friends of said evil bastards.

Wrath

05-24-2006, 01:58 PM

Haha, I will accept the great and heavy honor of being your friend, YamPuff, not many have extended a friendly hand to me since I have been here... (Am I diseased, or what? ^^; )

Anyway, yes, I disliked that all Slytherins are always portrayed as evil. Or at least, as Aratos said, all the MAIN characters that are Slytherin are "evil", shouldn't JKR prove a point and let Snape and/or Draco be redeemed? But, from what people have said of JKR in her interviews, it seems that she will probably kill them both off. That would suck.

Yes, YamPuff, I like Snape as well, even from book one, though still Sirius is my favorite, from the moment he came into the series. ^^ I know he's mean to your favorite character, but you have to admit, he is charming. ^^ In a wildly stupid, reckless way. ^^;

Yes, I keep thinking it was unfinished as well, Pedes, so I keep holding out that he will come back, even though the house and house elf went to Harry, I still hope and believe that Sirius will come charging back. I know he was getting out of hand and reckless, but can you blame him? A person like him can't sit around in a depressingly dark house all the time. I felt really bad for him.

Kantami

05-25-2006, 11:03 AM

I didn't like her books at first but then I got into them and yeh! I don't think they are the best books though! I like the films better! I want a pigmipuff! they sound soooooo cute!

Wrath

05-25-2006, 12:10 PM

The films were okay, especially as movies based on books go, but I enjoyed the books much more, myself.

Pedes

05-26-2006, 03:41 AM

Concerning Sirius:

One thing that makes me think like that is that he was only stunned and he get throught the veil with his body. Of course, it may be just JKR playing aournd with the minds of fans.... -_-

As for Snape: I think he's not opn Voldemorts side after all.
Funny enough, I didn't trust him up to the point he killed Dumbledore. All the little details made me believe that he is on.. out side.
Yeah, I'm strange like that

Pixie Dust

05-27-2006, 07:46 AM

Anyone else notice that Snape only ever refers to Voldemort as "The Dark Lord"? And guess who the only people who call him that are?

You got it - Death Eaters.

You do the maths.

Aratos

05-27-2006, 09:53 AM

Snape was a former death eater, remember. I'm not really sure exactly what's going on myself, but that fact needs to be kept in mind.

Pedes

05-27-2006, 01:42 PM

anyone notice fans refer to Voldemort "Voldie"? *snigger*

Pixie Dust

05-27-2006, 03:38 PM

I know Snape's a former Death Eater, but you'd figure if he'd really changed he wouldn't call Voldemort "The Dark Lord" any more, so I kinda suspect he's really evil.

And he did make the Unbreakable Vow, remember.

But I could be totally and completely wrong.

Pedes

05-28-2006, 06:01 AM

elisegrey

05-28-2006, 08:43 AM

Old habits die hard?
That's what I thought! I don't buy Snape-as-Death Eater in the present day, although I don't doubt he bought into it when he was younger. I personally think the only real reason attention was brought to it was so Harry could get suspicious about it, as could the reader.

Pixie Dust

05-29-2006, 12:57 PM

I don't think it was brought to attention, I just noticed it is all. But I want to point this out about the Unbreakable Vow:

Snape made an Unbreakable Vow to fufil Malfoy's task if Malfoy couldn't. If Snape does not fufil his Unbreakable Vow he will die. From what Malfoy says on the tower, I'm guessing his task was to kill Dumbledore:

"I can help you, Draco." "No, you can't," said Malfoy, his wand shaking very badly indeed. "Nobody can. He told me to do it or he'd kill me. I've got no choice."

So if Snape is on the good side, and didn't kill Dumbledore, then why isn't he dead?

Aratos

05-29-2006, 01:02 PM

Becasue as far as they, and voldemort, and eveyrone elese be concerned, Dumbledore is dead. Dead as a doornail.

Alternatively, he is dead. Doesn't mean snape's not on the good side thouh. Dumbledore could've wanted him to kill him. See how Snape's pretty annoyed at being called a coward? He didn't want to kill Dumbledore either.

Pixie Dust

05-29-2006, 01:10 PM

But if Malfoy's actual task was to kill Dumbledore, then Snape would have to kill Dumbledore to complete his vow. Actually kill him, not pretend to kill him.

If he's on the good side why would he kill Dumbledore? And I personally think Dumbledore is dead, and won't come back.

But then ... you also have to ask why Dumbledore was pleading. He doesn't seem the kind of guy to beg for his life. So I could be really wrong about Snape, I don't know.

Pedes

05-31-2006, 05:38 AM

But then ... you also have to ask why Dumbledore was pleading. He doesn't seem the kind of guy to beg for his life. So I could be really wrong about Snape, I don't know.
For me he was pleading the Snape to... kill him. He wanted to save both Hary and Draco (yes! really!). Remember that Harry was there, few steps away from a band of Death Eaters....

Aratos

05-31-2006, 09:19 AM

When did it say snape had to kill Dumbledore? He said he'd protect Draco, and help Draco achieve his quest. He never said anything about killing anyone.

YamPuff

05-31-2006, 12:47 PM

I don't have any faith in JK.. they're just going to end up evil thus teaching children of the world that having faith in anyone other than goody tooshoes like yourself is a stupid thing to do because people are iredeemable.

Sorry for lousy spelling..

Academy185

05-31-2006, 02:45 PM

Well, the movies do a better way of telling the books than the books tell themselves.

Aratos

05-31-2006, 02:54 PM

I htought the movies were rubbish myslef. Daniel Radcliff's a crappy actor.

Pedes

06-01-2006, 10:55 AM

-_-
I jsut spotted we didn't put "spoiler" buttons on those clearly spoiler parts ><

YamPuff

06-01-2006, 11:29 AM

I thought the movies were pretty fun.. acting put aside, Radcliffe cuaght the essence of Potter (which isn't saying much since I hate him..)
The badguys were soooo well done, Draco, Snape and Gilderoy were done to perfection.

Number three was all kinds of horror though.. they butchered Lupin.. I cannot forgive them... I will punish them in the name of the moon...

elisegrey

06-02-2006, 07:05 AM

I thought the movies were pretty fun.. acting put aside, Radcliffe cuaght the essence of Potter (which isn't saying much since I hate him..)
Daniel Radcliffe? Cannot act. That 'he was their friend' scene confirmed it. The closest he came to real emotion was when he came back with dead!Cedric, and even then he wasn't exactly traumatised. He always looks faintly startled. (...and I know it's such a fannish thing to care about, but Harry's eyes are green damnit, not blue D: )

ButohGodLupin, that was the worst werewolf I've EVER seen, CGI or otherwise. I almost fell off my chair in the middle of the cinema - we were supposed to be scared of that? Personally, the thing I was most scared of was his moustache. That and his swing records.

Movie!Lockhart was just perfection, though. I'd fangirl that. :D

YamPuff

06-02-2006, 07:19 AM

Daniel Radcliffe? Cannot act. That 'he was their friend' scene confirmed it. The closest he came to real emotion was when he came back with dead!Cedric, and even then he wasn't exactly traumatised. He always looks faintly startled. (...and I know it's such a fannish thing to care about, but Harry's eyes are green damnit, not blue D: )

ButohGodLupin, that was the worst werewolf I've EVER seen, CGI or otherwise. I almost fell off my chair in the middle of the cinema - we were supposed to be scared of that? Personally, the thing I was most scared of was his moustache. That and his swing records.

Movie!Lockhart was just perfection, though. I'd fangirl that. :D
I'll admit it.. he's a lousy actor. Oh well..

.. and I hate the eyes also! I wouldn't have minded otherwise but JK makes such a big deal over the color of his eyes, on and on about how they're green and vivid.. all the guy had to do was wear contacts. He does have pretty blue eyes.

Lupin's moustache was.. disturbing.. to be mild. They butchered the poor character.. but Lockhart? Anyone would fangirl that. Power to the fangirls. ^^

elisegrey

06-02-2006, 07:50 AM

I wouldn't have minded otherwise but JK makes such a big deal over the color of his eyes, on and on about how they're green and vivid.. all the guy had to do was wear contacts. He does have pretty blue eyes.
It's going to be so awkward if in the end the eyes really do have some significance, plot-wise - something to do with the Avada Kedavra? I don't know... What would you do? Ignore it? Ret-con it?

Didn't someone say that his eyes couldn't handle the irritation? Poor baby. :D

YamPuff

06-02-2006, 08:41 AM

It's going to be so awkward if in the end the eyes really do have some significance, plot-wise - something to do with the Avada Kedavra? I don't know... What would you do? Ignore it? Ret-con it?

Didn't someone say that his eyes couldn't handle the irritation? Poor baby. :D
Awwwwwwwwww.. poow widdle Wadcwiffe

They probably wouldn't let her do that.. the movies would be at stake!

Pedes

06-02-2006, 11:50 AM

elisegrey

06-03-2006, 02:52 AM

Oh, c'mon, you're complaining about Radcliff, when there are more importand ones like why Hermione's dress was PINK along with her blouse and most importand:
WHO LET OLDMAN PLAY BLACK???????? I made a pool, and the only connection between "Oldman" and "handsome" is through the word "not".
After being wrongfully imprisoned in a magical prison guarded by soul-sucking Dementors for twelve years, with very little food, water or hygiene facilities, I never really imagined him as the most handsome man in existence. :D

I don't even bother complaining about Hermione any more - she's just too far gone.

(...I actually quite like Gary Oldman, if not as Sirius Black in Harry Potter. >_>)

YamPuff

06-03-2006, 03:15 AM

Well actually she said he was handsome and used to be etc. etc. When they actually first found the guy they didn't go ZOMG you're grogeous!!! (That was later)

Pedes

06-03-2006, 10:38 AM

After being wrongfully imprisoned in a magical prison guarded by soul-sucking Dementors for twelve years, with very little food, water or hygiene facilities, I never really imagined him as the most handsome man in existence.

I don't even bother complaining about Hermione any more - she's just too far gone.
Well actually she said he was handsome and used to be etc. etc. When they actually first found the guy they didn't go ZOMG you're grogeous!!! (That was later)
Oh, I know, but let's admitt it Oldman doesn't look like someone who had beeen handsome EVER :D
And he should look vampire-like and be calm on the poster... NO match here either...

(...I actually quite like Gary Oldman, if not as Sirius Black in Harry Potter. >_>)
Haha, I also like him as long as he's not palying Black ^^

elisegrey

06-03-2006, 11:11 AM

Oh, I know, but let's admitt it Oldman doesn't look like someone who had beeen handsome EVER
...have you seen his earlier films? That man used to be hot.

Still is :D

Pedes

06-04-2006, 10:15 AM

...have you seen his earlier films? That man used to be hot.

Still is :D
That's still not the same ;P
You pervy :D
But he's faaar from vampire-like look anyway.

stickmanbob0

06-05-2006, 07:27 PM

i heard someone SUPER important dies in the 7th book... it has to be either harry or voldermort. heres how i see it... voldermort lives and harry dies!

SaSuNaRu

06-05-2006, 07:34 PM

I heard it was one of the three main characters that die...

I cant see Harry dying.

It's told in his point of view.

And it... wouldnt be very interesting.

Hes by FAR the least interesting character in the books anyway.

Aratos

06-06-2006, 04:16 AM

It's told from harrys POV? I always thought they were third-person as well.

Pedes

06-07-2006, 04:08 AM

Well, my friend wrote a fic in wich all main characters excepr Harry die.
I have a twisted theory (ususally deep at night or high on sugar) that Harry will Kill Voldemort and take his place as Dark Lord :D

YamPuff

06-07-2006, 04:25 AM

It's told from harrys POV? I always thought they were third-person as well.
Third person, but through Harry's eyes. I think that makes him the focaliser.. *remembering old literature lesson*

Here's wikipedia's input:
The books are written in third person limited omniscient mode, with Harry as the central character. The books are generally written from Harry's point of view, with short exceptions in Philosopher's Stone, Goblet of Fire and Half-Blood Prince. The telling of the story through Harry Potter's perspective is perhaps one of the reasons that many readers feel so close with the character.

I have a twisted theory (ususally deep at night or high on sugar) that Harry will Kill Voldemort and take his place as Dark Lord :D
Twould be teh happiest ending evar. :D

I highly doubt it though a lot of people seem to really belive it. Why would JK kill Harry? It doesn't make sense. I try to think up what will happen according to what I feel the author will do. And JK doesn't seem the type of person to kill off Harry. If she does, than who will destroy Voldemorte?

There's also this theory Ginny will die, but JK has talked about her being made for Harry from the start and how she had to prepare Ginny for Harry, etc. Why would she have done all that and talked like that if she was planning to kill her off?

Just my two-scents.

Pedes

06-07-2006, 05:05 AM

I highly doubt it though a lot of people seem to really belive it. Why would JK kill Harry? It doesn't make sense. I try to think up what will happen according to what I feel the author will do. And JK doesn't seem the type of person to kill off Harry. If she does, than who will destroy Voldemorte?

My friends theory ist that Harry will die because of link between him and Voldemort... I don't remember the details, although I remember it sounded quite logical.

Aratos

06-07-2006, 07:29 AM

'course he won't die. It's a childrens book, remember? A childrens book. You can't just go killing off the main character. Think of the trauma!

YamPuff

06-07-2006, 07:40 AM

Yeah, that's what I think. It may sound logical and all the evidence may point towards it.. but would JK actually do it? And if so, why? What sort of a message would that send? If you're good you die?

And of course, there's the trauma. (Joy in my case.. )

Pedes

06-07-2006, 09:11 AM

WHatever she'll do there's at least one fan out there that precicted it :D

Pixie Dust

06-07-2006, 11:04 AM

'course he won't die. It's a childrens book, remember? A childrens book. You can't just go killing off the main character. Think of the trauma! Well the first few books were aimed at kids, but they've been getting progressively darker. I think JK intented the audience to grow up with Harry, so I don't see why she wouldn't kill him off ... apart from, you know, the international uprising.

I try to think up what will happen according to what I feel the author will do. And JK doesn't seem the type of person to kill off Harry. If she does, than who will destroy Voldemorte? We didn't think she was the type to kill of Sirius or Dumbledore either, did we?

As for the films, I they're good as films in their own right, but not very good as films of the books. For numerous reasons, apart from Radcliffe's eyes :P

I reckon Harry'll lose his powers at the end. You know how the last word of the seventh book's meant to be scar? - "The only sign that he had ever been a wizard at all was his lightening bolt scar" ... or something to that effect.

And I reckon Luna's WAY more suited to Harry than Ginny.

YamPuff

06-07-2006, 11:22 AM

Well the first few books were aimed at kids, but they've been getting progressively darker. I think JK intented the audience to grow up with Harry, so I don't see why she wouldn't kill him off ... apart from, you know, the international uprising.

We didn't think she was the type to kill of Sirius or Dumbledore either, did we?

As for the films, I they're good as films in their own right, but not very good as films of the books. For numerous reasons, apart from Radcliffe's eyes :P

I reckon Harry'll lose his powers at the end. You know how the last word of the seventh book's meant to be scar? - "The only sign that he had ever been a wizard at all was his lightening bolt scar" ... or something to that effect.

And I reckon Luna's WAY more suited to Harry than Ginny.
I didn't think she would kill off so many characters myself, but if someone had suggested it beforehand I wouldn't have jumped in and said 'no way!'. It makes sense.

I think JK likes Harry far too much to simply kill him. Remember Dumbldore's speech on the glories of Harry? That was JK speaking. Killing means the victorious and all-powerful Harry failing. And it means Voldemort will rule. That alone means that Harry will not die, unless he dies killing Voldemort. This is just IMHO, however.

I don't think JK is that original to do something cool, interesting or even thought-provoking. To me, she's just going to have a stupid battle in which Harry defeats evil and becomes a hero. I mean, come on, in the fourth book she had Voldemort LET HARRY GO. Don't even give me reasons why.. the guy HAD Harry and he let him loose!! That's lame, contrived and stupid. So I don't have high expectations.

I aslo think Luna is better than Ginny for Harry. Its a great statement for kids that Harry fell for an unpopular, friendless girl rather than the pretty popular one.

Pixie Dust

06-08-2006, 10:29 AM

I don't think JK is that original to do something cool, interesting or even thought-provoking. To me, she's just going to have a stupid battle in which Harry defeats evil and becomes a hero. I mean, come on, in the fourth book she had Voldemort LET HARRY GO. Don't even give me reasons why.. the guy HAD Harry and he let him loose!! That's lame, contrived and stupid. So I don't have high expectations.

I aslo think Luna is better than Ginny for Harry. Its a great statement for kids that Harry fell for an unpopular, friendless girl rather than the pretty popular one. In the fourth book didn't Harry and Voldemort fight, but all those ghost things block Voldemort long enough for Harry to grab the portkey rather than just letting him go???

Which got me wondering, if their wands won't work properly against each other how's Harry gonna kill Voldemort? If, indeed, he does.

Personally, I reckon JK's got some big twist lurking in store for us than we won't expect ... but you're probably right and she won't kill Harry. But she's got to have a definite conclusion so there are no stupid rip-offs in the future.

I agree wholeheartedly about the Luna thing.

Aratos

06-08-2006, 10:37 AM

It's not that they won't work against each other. It's that having them both zap each other at the same time caused the two to link up. It can't be expected to happen every time.

SaSuNaRu

06-08-2006, 10:40 AM

I STILL don't understand why she let Ginny and Harry hook up...

It's... really annoying.

...

All I really want is for Ron to 'fess up to Hermione already... gosh!

Aratos

06-08-2006, 10:49 AM

"'fess up"?

SaSuNaRu

06-08-2006, 10:53 AM

confess.

I KNOW I'm not the only Ron/Hermione shipper... it's basically canon...

Pixie Dust

06-08-2006, 10:55 AM

That he's in love with her? Yeah, she's dragged that out for way too long. Get it over with, already.

And I'm pretty sure it says in the fourth book that cuz Harry and Voldemort's wands are brother wands they won't work properly against each other if they're forced to fight. Hence the priori incantatem.

Aratos

06-08-2006, 11:10 AM

Uh, it might just be me misreading the whole thing entirely, but weren't Ron and Herminoe basically dating by the end of book 6? No? I'm sure I cna find some quotes to drag up here.

Pixie Dust

06-08-2006, 11:11 AM

Not last time I read the book.

SaSuNaRu

06-08-2006, 11:20 AM

No, but Ginny and Harry were doing the whole T-T " I secretly liked you and now we cant be together!" thing...

I dont recall ANY hint of Ron/Hermione *IN THE END OF THE 6TH BOOK*

I personally think that the last book will be SO overhyped... that it will fall FLAT when it comes to the ... storyplot.

JimDeVico

06-08-2006, 11:25 AM

I personally think that the last book will be SO overhyped... that it will fall FLAT when it comes to the ... storyplot.

She hasn't disappointed yet so why would she start now?

Aratos

06-08-2006, 11:27 AM

I'm gonna check up on that as soon as I find my copy. I'm sure there was something.

SaSuNaRu

06-08-2006, 11:29 AM

She hasn't disappointed yet so why would she start now?
I don't necessarily mean like.. disappoint completely, but I mean, she has given us a little bit of... things we really didnt think were necessary.

I was not a fan of Ginny.. and after she became a... slut(can't really think of a nicer word) I liked her much less.

I know she doesn't do anything on accident, as she reuses names, and throws curveballs and such...

But the little hints that we have for book 7, no one really knows what the ending will be. But if it's a repeat of book four, where Voldemort and Harry do a "duel off", I hope it's ... not the same thing. It was very... anti-climatic, in my opinion.

JimDeVico

06-08-2006, 11:31 AM

I was not a fan of Ginny.. and after she became a... slut(can't really think of a nicer word) I liked her much less.

Ginny's a slut? I'm going to have to go back and read the books because I don't recall her being one. Just dating a bit.

YamPuff

06-08-2006, 11:40 AM

She hasn't disappointed yet so why would she start now?
She's disappointed me an awful heck of a lot. ;)

And Ginny is a major slut. And also something that rhymes with witch that I won't post here. She's rude, inconsiderate, goes out and makes out with everything wearing pants that comes her way (or robes.. whatever..;p) She's slutty. But she's popular and pretty so.. who cares?

I also hated the Ron/Hermione thing. Its always been so obvious JK wanted to hook them up. I had a moment of 'OMG will she do something dif-er-unt?!' when Hermione was with Krum. But then of course she had to do the obvious. My mom predicted Harry would be with Ginny from, like, book three or four.

Pedes

06-08-2006, 12:24 PM

I dont recall ANY hint of Ron/Hermione *IN THE END OF THE 6TH BOOK*
I don't remember in the book, but it's clearly stated in THIS VI BOOK RELEASE INTERVIEW (http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview.shtml). Somewhere in it. Well, you can read it all, some issues are explained there that I see doubts on here.

franchan

06-09-2006, 09:13 AM

o.o;;

I leave the forum for months and my board is still up. Like magic!

SaSuNaRu

06-09-2006, 09:15 AM

o.o;;

I leave the forum for months and my board is still up. Like magic!

like HARRY POTTER magic... XD

I couldn't help myself.

I did read that JKRowling article, and it just further fueled my Ron/Hermione shipping-ness.

And made me laugh more and more at my Harry/Hermione shipper friends.

PS: I SOO figured out the RAB thing as soon as I saw it.

franchan

06-09-2006, 09:20 AM

Exactly, harry potter magic that's what I was going for. Like eeeevil he-who-must-not-be-named it just won't die.

And I don't know who RAB is and I don't want to know until the book *hides eyes, ears... and all other senses just in case*. It was bad enough that I found out who died in the 6th beforehand.

Pedes

06-09-2006, 10:46 AM

And made me laugh more and more at my Harry/Hermione shipper friends.
It's just... I know that love is elsewhere, but I think Harry and Hermione would fit to each other. But this is not romantical thinking, just practical.
Hell, I don't care anyway :D

YamPuff

06-09-2006, 01:18 PM

It's just... I know that love is elsewhere, but I think Harry and Hermione would fit to each other. But this is not romantical thinking, just practical.
Hell, I don't care anyway :D
I think they're good together also. ^^ I've also ceased caring tho....

SaSuNaRu

06-09-2006, 01:22 PM

I think they're good together also. ^^ I've also ceased caring tho....

I still don't see how Harry/Hermione is possible..

the story is told through a narrator, from Harry's perspective. If Harry had liked Hermione, we, the readers, would have known. Just as we knew about Ginny and about Cho.

YamPuff

06-09-2006, 01:49 PM

I still don't see how Harry/Hermione is possible..

the story is told through a narrator, from Harry's perspective. If Harry had liked Hermione, we, the readers, would have known. Just as we knew about Ginny and about Cho.
Oh I know we'd have known. They don't love each other in the story but I feel they would make a good couple if they did fall in love with each other.

SaSuNaRu

06-09-2006, 01:51 PM

Oh I know we'd have known. They don't love each other in the story but I feel they would make a good couple if they did fall in love with each other.

Ohhhh *nods with understanding* your one of those kind of fans... *not in a negative light*

I meant the... fans that claim their is proof for their theories

Pixie Dust

06-09-2006, 02:39 PM

Harry and Hermione would suit, hypothetically speaking ...... but I'm still in favour of a Harry-Luna tryst ....:rolleyes:

Wrath

06-09-2006, 03:40 PM

I like Harry/Draco myself...

ewlmonkey

06-09-2006, 04:21 PM

yeah harry and hermione are better fitted together than ron and hermione.

heres my theory on how harry potter is gonna end:
nevile will end up killing volermort with harry's help and for 17 years volermort thought harry was his enemy when his true enemy was neville. and harry is only an assistant to help him. harry's gonna die or else jkrowling will be tempted to write a sequel. thats what i think might happen cause that way the book will be unique and nothing like the other books. also dumbledore is still alive(not litterally) because when headmasters die they have a talking portait hung in the headmaster's office and he will also help neville and harry. what really got me looking forward to book seven is will harry go back to hogwarts? i know he said he wasn't in the six book but maybe jkrowling will put a twist on it. oh yeah i think cho will come back into the picture.

overall favorite book is..........................books 4 and maybe 5 and 3.

SaSuNaRu

06-09-2006, 08:57 PM

Harry and Hermione would suit, hypothetically speaking ...... but I'm still in favour of a Harry-Luna tryst ....:rolleyes:

I would love for Luna/Harry .. but Luna/ Neville seems more plausible at the moment..

Pedes

06-10-2006, 11:31 AM

I would love for Luna/Harry .. but Luna/ Neville seems more plausible at the moment..
LOL, I've read Harry/Nevi.le and went WTF!!!
;P Sorry
I donated blood today so I'm bit silly now...

Pixie Dust

06-10-2006, 12:09 PM

I would love for Luna/Harry .. but Luna/ Neville seems more plausible at the moment.. I think Neville and Luna are a bit too similar .... you know, the whole opposites attract thing? I reckon Neville/Ginny would suit though :D

For ages, I thought Hermione was actually gonna fall for either Fred or George ....

YamPuff

06-10-2006, 12:18 PM

Ohhhh *nods with understanding* your one of those kind of fans... *not in a negative light*

I meant the... fans that claim their is proof for their theories
:confused: Not sure what you mean there...but I never just go on a limb and say OMG they should be together. I usually have some reason...some...
But I'm not a big fan of Harry Potter anyway.
I like Harry/Draco myself...
Cuz boys love is HAWT!!!!!
Do you think they'd let her do that? ;)
heres my theory on how harry potter is gonna end:
nevile will end up killing volermort with harry's help and for 17 years volermort thought harry was his enemy when his true enemy was neville. and harry is only an assistant to help him. harry's gonna die or else jkrowling will be tempted to write a sequel. thats what i think might happen cause that way the book will be unique and nothing like the other books. also dumbledore is still alive(not litterally) because when headmasters die they have a talking portait hung in the headmaster's office and he will also help neville and harry. what really got me looking forward to book seven is will harry go back to hogwarts? i know he said he wasn't in the six book but maybe jkrowling will put a twist on it. oh yeah i think cho will come back into the picture.
Its a neat theory but I don't think JK would do it...she doesn't have it in her to do something idfferent and cool. And her precious Pottsy wouldn't be teh hero.

Pedes

06-11-2006, 07:21 AM

For ages, I thought Hermione was actually gonna fall for either Fred or George ....
I guess that you did ^^

Pixie Dust

06-11-2006, 07:35 AM

Guess that I did what? :confused:

Pedes

06-11-2006, 07:57 AM

Fall for them ;P
I hsould have writenn "I'm guessing" BLAH!

Pixie Dust

06-11-2006, 08:02 AM

Ohhhh .... :P Not particularly. I just thought one of them would suit Hermione ...... lol.

Pedes

06-11-2006, 09:25 AM

Hmm, maybe to balance... why not? :D

Pixie Dust

06-11-2006, 09:41 AM

Exactly! :D

YamPuff

06-11-2006, 10:18 AM

Hermione with Fred and George? That girl has no sense of humor or fun...it wouldn't work. (And I got first dibs anyhoo) :D

Momochi

06-15-2006, 07:34 AM

I've been reading the books sense 1997. I hated reading before then everything i picked up was boring or uninteresting to me. Well the Harry Potter series absorbed me into the world that I learned to love from a very young age, to me its the greatest series of books that have been created in a very long time (mind you Eragon is just as good) JK's way of describing things and telling her story in her crafty way has easily become my favorite writter.

My mum was currious as to why i loved the series so much as to read them each 43 times so she read them, she loves them just as much. Both of us find it fun to predict what might happen or putting clues together to solve the blooming mystery.

my mum predicted the Harry/Ginny hook up around reading the 3rd book, I predicted it sense the 2nd ^^ haha

Hermione and Ron on the other hand sense the first time the two were in a scean together i could tell that something was going to form between them.
Alot of people complain that the two should confess their feelings to one another and get it done with already, but the truth is both Ron and Hermione are just to stubborn to do that.
It would be out of character.
And aslo all romances dont start off right when you begin to have the cush, some take years to come to the surface, and sometimes complications like close friends falling for one another doesn't help either because neither would say anything that might wierd out the other or hurt their friendship if something happened between them.

Besides i dont think people should complain on JK's choices on who ends up with who haha she has her reasons and it is her story after all.
As far as the main books go alot of people are dissapointed with HBP but i found it the most satisfying sence the third Prisionor or Azkaban.
Thanks to the mixture of this book and the other 5 me and my mum have pieced together all the facts and unanswered questions and small things that were mentioned to come up with a pretty good idea of what JK has planned, we feel that if we're right