Harry Potter Discussion (spoilers)

Planet-man said:
You guys have weird editions. Ours don't have tables of contents, and we also have smaller, more elegant print, because we're not 8 years old.

Canada/UK > troglodytes.
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Yeah, same. I guess they've got Contents pages so they don't get lost halfway through.
 
Ultimate Houde said:
SHe's stated she's had most of the detail written before hand for the major plots. She obvioulsy knew the Siruis Black was going to be in the later ones, and dropped his name. She does this an amazing amount of times in the book.
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Yeah, I just read the chapter where Harry gets his wand and they mention James' wand was especially good for transfiguration. It's cool.

I admit, every time a book makes a reference to some small little thing in a previous book I get the feeling she "lucked into" it, but I guess I'll have to rethink that.
 
She's worked on these books for 17 years... She's got backstories written for each character, too. From Greyback to Filch, I'm sure. This book will be the last, but it will certainly not be able to contain all of the stuff she's written out and planned.

I am kind of put off by the deaths in this one. I hear that there will be two... And who could those deaths belong to? Voldemort, and who else? Harry? If not Voldemort, there's no resolution... You, see... Really, there's only one mysterious death and, if it's Harry, I'll only be disappointed that she didn't kill off another character instead...
 
Goodwill said:
I am kind of put off by the deaths in this one. I hear that there will be two... And who could those deaths belong to? Voldemort, and who else? Harry? If not Voldemort, there's no resolution... You, see... Really, there's only one mysterious death and, if it's Harry, I'll only be disappointed that she didn't kill off another character instead...
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Two? I'm pretty sure she stated that A LOT of people would die. I think you're confusing the quote where she said ""One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die...A price has to be paid. We are dealing with pure evil...They go for the main characters...well, I do"

So. . .expect a lot of people to die, not just two.
 
Read the 6th book again today...I'm picking this one up friday at midnight.



I noticed something that hasnt been mentioned yet as far as I can tell that might pertain to Deathly Hallows...but then I forgot what it was...
 
Joe Kalicki said:
Yeah, I just read the chapter where Harry gets his wand and they mention James' wand was especially good for transfiguration. It's cool.

I admit, every time a book makes a reference to some small little thing in a previous book I get the feeling she "lucked into" it, but I guess I'll have to rethink that.
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WEll, the wizard that Vernon runs into on his way to work on the first chapter of the first book is one of the wizards that comes to rescue HArry in the beginning of the fifth book.

I like those little things too
 
So, theories. What do you all think is up with Aunt Petunia? Rowling said she wasn't a Squib, although that was a very good guess.

Perhaps she was a witch that got kicked out? She now pretends she is a muggle?
 
She has also said that Aunt Petunia will not exhibit any magic in this book.
 
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Lynx said:
So, theories. What do you all think is up with Aunt Petunia? Rowling said she wasn't a Squib, although that was a very good guess.

Perhaps she was a witch that got kicked out? She now pretends she is a muggle?
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Personnally, I think that she is a witch, but once her powers manifested, she was so horrified that she had become the "freak" her sister was, she buried them deep, deep, down subconciously.

Or maybe Dumbledore took them away as future leverage to make her take Harry in.
 
She's not a witch, she just hated her sister for being a witch and being special in their eyes. She obviously knew about wizards and witches, and she knew about Dumbledore, but only through Lily.

I think she does nothing in this book, except maybe offer Harry 'Good Luck'.

Now, Dudley on the other hand I see being important in the final book, just cause I think it would be cool seeing him boxing death eaters as HArry runs away from Privet Drive.

But PEtunia, she ain't nothing special
 
Dr.Strangefate said:
She has also said that Aunt Petunia will not exhibit any magic in this book.
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Being a witch and using magic are very different things. :wink:

Ultimate Houde said:
She's not a witch, she just hated her sister for being a witch and being special in their eyes. She obviously knew about wizards and witches, and she knew about Dumbledore, but only through Lily.

I think she does nothing in this book, except maybe offer Harry 'Good Luck'.

Now, Dudley on the other hand I see being important in the final book, just cause I think it would be cool seeing him boxing death eaters as HArry runs away from Privet Drive.

But PEtunia, she ain't nothing special
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I wouldn't be so sure. . .

Jo Rowling said:
..there is a little bit more to Aunt Petunia than meets the eye...She is not a squib, although that is a very good guess. Oh, I am giving a lot away here. I am being shockingly indiscreet.
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Ultimate Houde said:
Now, Dudley on the other hand I see being important in the final book, just cause I think it would be cool seeing him boxing death eaters as HArry runs away from Privet Drive.
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I think I remember J.K. Rowling saying we'll find out what Dudley's worst memory was that he was forced to remember during the dementor attack in Book Five.
 
JK Debunking the Aunt Petunia rumor

I'm starting to think that Dudley is going to be the one who starts to exhibit magical tendencies late in life... Maybe this is the thing that leads to an awkward heart-to-heart between the two... Which is something I'd like to see. Dudley makes a good bad guy, but I'd rather Rowling do something that redeems his character a little. Also: Dudley becoming magical would lead to some private correspondence between Petunia and Dumbledore.

Also: Harry is apparently visiting the Dursleys for the Last Time... A thought just struck me... What if because the spell keeping Harry safe at Privet Drive isn't really working in the way it should, The Death Eaters find the house, and his aunt and uncle are killed... I dunno. Just thought i'd throw that out there.

I am more and more sure that Snape was in love with Lily. It just fits too well.
 
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