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Post by Fins on Jul 24, 2007 16:47:52 GMT -5
Found a minor problem... Harry is Barny the muggle cousin at the wedding. While talking to Krum, he realizes who Gregorovitch is... the wandmaker who made Krum's wand... and quidditch. If Harry was truly playing the muggle cousin, he shouldn't know about Gregorovitch and Krum the quidditch star!
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Post by aurorbrecke78 on Jul 24, 2007 18:48:22 GMT -5
Maybe Barney is a Quiditch stalker. That or he is Psycic...or psycotic. ;D
But Krum was to pissed about that symbol to care.
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Post by Richard on Jul 25, 2007 6:37:54 GMT -5
That's not a problem. They used the hair of a Muggle boy down the village the Weasleys lived in, thought they explained Harry to the guests as Banrey the Weasley cousing (not mentioning wether or not he can do magic). Loved it when Muriel calls him Barry the whole time (it reminded me of the scene in CoS with prof. Binns).
Re the locket, it's effect on everyone was somewhat like the Ring in LotR, wasn't it? Somewhat, as nobody was really starting to attach to it, but nevertheless, their negative emotions were strenthened.
DD decided Ron to have the Put-outer (forgot the real term). Does this mean he expected Ron to be the one who might eventually turn his back on Harry?
Richard
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Post by Fins on Jul 25, 2007 7:35:59 GMT -5
Richard, I thought of the LotR's similarity was well. I also thought of LotR's when Harry is battling Voldy at the end, talking about the wand, and Harry says emphatically... "The wand is mine!" Can't wait to hear Dan say that in the movie.
As far as giving Ron the Deluminator, he probably did think Ron leaving Harry was a possibility. DD seemed to have a great ability to see everyone's character, even though he made many mistakes with his knowledge of characters... i.e the Snape, Lupin, Sirius relationship. I still think he understood them very well.
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Post by * amanda on Jul 25, 2007 8:14:02 GMT -5
I saw it more as Dd didn't know that Ron would leave, but he did know that he would always want to come back no matter what might come between them.
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Post by * amanda on Jul 25, 2007 8:22:17 GMT -5
By the way, this was posted a few pages back, but Victoire is indeed a feminine French word meaning "victory." I've never heard it used as a name, it's usually just a noun.
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Post by blackngold on Jul 25, 2007 14:34:58 GMT -5
So the character that got the reprieve was Arthur. Of course the reprieve came all the way back in OotP. I always thought it was a bit dodgy that they got to him in time in the ministry in the middle of the night. Just think, if he had died - No St. Mungo's, No Guilderoy Lockhart and No Longbottoms.
So now that Percy has found his sense of humor, will he join George in running the Joke Shop?
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Post by * amanda on Jul 25, 2007 15:23:11 GMT -5
So now that Percy has found his sense of humor, will he join George in running the Joke Shop? I wish he had, but remember, Harry heard him scolding a kid on broomstick regulations on platform 9 3/4... and Harry didn't want to stop to say hi, so I assume that means he remained a pompous rulemeister - just not stupid! If he had became funny and worked in the joke shop, I imagine Harry would have stopped to say hi. Although he might make a good security guard. What I really wish I knew what happened to poor George. I hope he didn't give up on the Joke Shop after Fred's death.
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Post by blackngold on Jul 25, 2007 17:22:26 GMT -5
You'll just have to wait for the Harry Potter Encyclopedia.
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Post by Fins on Jul 26, 2007 7:30:53 GMT -5
Does anyone think the cover to the US edition was sort of misleading??? It shows Harry and Voldy fighting without wands, which didn't happen. It also shows Harry wearing the locket which he wasn't. We thought the room was either the 'Love' room or the 'Veil' room in the Dept of Mysteries and it wasn't either. Do you think this was done on purpose as to not give anything away?
I also think the UK version of all of them in Bellatrix's vault at Gringotts was too specific for an overall view of the book. Even the deluxe version with the trio riding the dragon. Dunno... maybe I'm being too picky but I think they could have been better.
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Post by Richard on Jul 26, 2007 7:58:17 GMT -5
Even more news from J.K. Rowling! See today.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959323/. Recap: - Harry and Ron both work as Auror, with Harry being the Head of the Auror Office;
- Hermione works in the Department for Magical Law Enforcement;
- Luna travels the world looking for weird creatures.
Richard
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Post by amandag on Jul 26, 2007 9:13:57 GMT -5
Even more news from J.K. Rowling! See today.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959323/. Recap: - Harry and Ron both work as Auror, with Harry being the Head of the Auror Office;
- Hermione works in the Department for Magical Law Enforcement;
- Luna travels the world looking for weird creatures.
Richard Hey, I thought he'd had enough adventures for one lifetime! I wonder why she didn't include this in her epilogue?
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Post by Richard on Jul 26, 2007 9:53:00 GMT -5
In the article it says:
Richard
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Post by * amanda on Jul 26, 2007 13:11:17 GMT -5
OK, I finally got around to reading the article. I'm glad and quite excited we got some answers so soon. Now that JKR is so happily open with her characters and their fates, I'm glad the epilogue is as-is! She is remaining quiet on a few things, however... like what their 7th year of Hogwarts was like (does anyone think there's any, tiny, teeny little chance she'll ever write about their "real" 7th year, as Hogwarts is being rebuilt? Harry and Ron revolutionizing the Auror dept. could be fascinating as well... although I suppose the problem is all of these stories would deviate from the original series' focus on Harry vs. Voldy).
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Post by aurorbrecke78 on Jul 26, 2007 14:50:02 GMT -5
Amanda we can only hope.
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Post by Richard on Jul 26, 2007 16:06:54 GMT -5
If they have become Aurors, they surely must have done their NEWTs. Or perhaps revolutionizing it means doing the job without proper education and without the post-Hogwarts years of Auror training. Nah, don't think so...
Imagine the books if Arthur died in year 5. That would be awful. For instance, no MOLLYWOBBLES!
Richard
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Post by aurorbrecke78 on Jul 26, 2007 18:26:19 GMT -5
I just thought of this. If at Gringots the Sword was taken by the Goblins. How did Neville get it to kill Nagi?
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Post by Fins on Jul 26, 2007 19:21:31 GMT -5
Neville got it the same way Harry got it in the Chamber of Secrets.... thru the sorting hat.
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Post by * amanda on Jul 26, 2007 19:42:00 GMT -5
He was a true Gryffindor!
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Post by aurorbrecke78 on Jul 26, 2007 19:50:39 GMT -5
Yeh Neville is a true Gryffindor. But thought that the sword would've been with the Goblins under their own special magic.
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