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Rowling just released the name of the seventh book in the Harry Potter series. I'm excited, even if nobody else on here is.
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is this the one where Harry is supposed to die?
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I was kinda hoping
Harry Potter and the Irate Truant Officer.
Seriously though, totally for it. Closure please!
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Yay, finally Harry Potter can be put to rest.
Or not. I highly suspect that, following this book, Rowling is not going to open the Harry Potter franchise to other writers to publish non canon material a la the Star Wars or Star Trek universes.
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I bet I could write some wicked cool Potter-verse novels.
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I'm probably still gonna buy it, but that title is just so over-the-top cheesy, written-for-high-school-anime-goth-nerds.
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Yeah, the title kind of caught me off guard, its just not what I was expecting at all. But I am bittersweet about the book to come out. I love the books and I want to read it, I just dont want it all to come to an end, especially if Harry dies. Of course, Harry is going to have to die or else Jo is never going to hear the end of the pleads of "Write what happens afterrwarddsss!" but, I'm still hoping she wont kill him just to save my tears. :)
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she said she's killing 2 people and one person who everyone thinks should die won't. i'm thinking harry and voldey will die, and wormtail will live. those are my predictions. (i think harry's going to die just because she said the only thing that she'll ever write harry potter related after this is possibly an encyclopedia, which really, i think is a good idea. it'll allow her to explore other things without being stuck with harry potter stuff.) that said, i'm excited. i want to know what happens!
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"The deathly hallows"? Does that even mean anything??
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Deathly Hallows can have any number of meanings. Hallows can be relating to hallowed ground or a holy item or some form of saint. Personally I'm betting that the Deathly Hallows is the name of a place that is heavy on the dark magical history. Where Voldemort learned to create the....uhhh....items that were discussed in the Half blood price (I' know what they're called I just did that cos i couldn't be bothered using a spoiler tag) and he would have place one there so Harry will have to go there to destroy it.
Of course, Harry is going to have to die or else Jo is never going to hear the end of the pleads of "Write what happens afterrwarddsss!" but, I'm still hoping she wont kill him just to save my tears. :)
You clearly don't know what happened to Sherlock Homes then, A C Doyal got so sick of writing him he killed him off but there was such a thick stream of fan mail protesting that just to get some peace he came up with some lame excuse to have him survive a fall off a waterfall and kept going with the series. if JK wants some peace then she will have to leave him alive and give him a satisfactory life story summed up in the epilogue chapter.
she said she's killing 2 people and one person who everyone thinks should die won't. i'm thinking harry and voldey will die, and wormtail will live.
Ah no she's never said how many will die, all she said was that while writing the last book she changed from her plans, two characters who would have survived according to the plan were killed and one person was spared. I doubt that it will be any major characters who's fate will have changed more likely some random people like mad eye moody or Crabbe and Goyal.
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Are you kidding? Those books are all about major characters. I'll bet that Malfoy dies, but Snape survives. I'll also bet it's going to be ambivalent as to whether Snape is good or evil. Dumbledore's death at Snape's hands could have been to show us that even Dumbledore has faults (trusting Snape), or it could mean that we don't know everything. It's never really made clear why Dumbledore trusts Snape, so there's probably some killer reason, and Dumbledore's death was part of some mystic plan. Hell, Dumbledore might have been a horcrux himself. I actually don't think Harry is going to die; I think either Ron or Hermione is. I also don't think the ending is going to be completely satisfying.
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I hope it's not Hermione. I like her character, but I bet it's her.
"Oh how I love you Harry!"
*steps in front of wicked bad curse*
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"The deathly hallows"? Does that even mean anything??
It means that Ms. Rowling will be laughing all the way to the bank.
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Guys I'll give you a clue. Snape isn't really evil, and Dumbledore isn't really dead.
I can't think of a book I care less about than this one.
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Right on the Snape part, wrong on the Dumbledore part. Also, to me the Deathly Hollow means Godric's Hollow.
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I predict it was all a dream.
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What an awful way to end a series that would be.
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I never finished Order of the Phoenix............
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I predict it was all a dream.
Ooh, brought on by all the spiders biting him in the cubbard under the stairs!
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The kids on Fiction Alley are for the idea that Deathly Hallows means the Final Showdown will occur on Halloween.
Me, I hope Harry dies. It will be a nice change from fluffy endings.
This does not mean I will not cry. I cried throughout the rest of the book when Sirius died, and felt like vomiting when Dumbledore snuffed it.
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Right on the Snape part, wrong on the Dumbledore part.
Yeah, Rowling has repeatedly said that Dumbledore is not Gandolf. He is dead. Dead dead dead dead dead. DEAD. Dee-ed.
Snape, OTOH, is still a good guy, I'm convinced.
I can't wait for this book. It might be the first fantasy series to ever have an ending!
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I'm not convinced that Snape is a good guy. Rowling is very good at getting into readers' heads, and I'm sure she's already anticipated the "Snape is actually a good guy" mindset. I just don't think it's gonna be clear cut about him.
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Everyone dies. THE END.
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I can't wait for this book. It might be the first fantasy series to ever have an ending!
What the hell kind of thing to say is that?
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The only enjoyment I will get out of this book is watching the drive-by-plot-revelations that happened with the last one....I think I've managed to successfully ween myself off them now
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Rumour has it that she will kill off Harry and a companion. Why? Because J.K doesn't want to write other little stories about Harry Potter and friends. She has said in the past that she would like the books to end as cleanly as possible and for every one not to kick her arse over how she chooses to end the series.
Yes, I realise that I am maybe a little old for Harry Potter, but I don't care. Its a fun read :D
Have fun kids,
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What the hell kind of thing to say is that?
Name one fantasy series that actually had an ending other than "the author died".
Even LotR doesn't quite fit, because Tolkien was writing a sequel a several other stories before he died.
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What the hell kind of thing to say is that?
Name one fantasy series that actually had an ending other than "the author died".
Even LotR doesn't quite fit, because Tolkien was writing a sequel a several other stories before he died.
The Chronicles of Prydain end, and pretty soundly too.
The Chronicles of Narnia ended.
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The Dark is Rising series.
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Damn. I've actually read Narnia and Prydain and forgot them.
Also, The Dark Tower series.
REGARDLESS,
It'll still be cool to have an end.
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Narnia ends with The Last Battle. (which i think is my favorite.) if you forgot them, reread them! they're still good!!!
if one of harry's friends dies, i almost hope it's ron. he's my least favorite of the main group. seriously though, if she kills another of my favorite characters, i will be sad. fred, george, and hermione are the only three left i really like.
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McGonagall and Harry will die.
fact.
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M. Night twist: They die in each other's arms!!!! Shocking!
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The kids on Fiction Alley are for the idea that Deathly Hallows means the Final Showdown will occur on Halloween.
Me, I hope Harry dies. It will be a nice change from fluffy endings.
This does not mean I will not cry. I cried throughout the rest of the book when Sirius died, and felt like vomiting when Dumbledore snuffed it.
Then get ready to bawl and laugh hysterically at the same time.
YOU WILL CRY BECAUSE: every last character will die, but whichever ones are your favorites will take a little while of suffering and pained conversations.
YOU WILL LAUGH HYSTERICALLY BECAUSE: Faye and Dora called it a while back. Everybody will be all army-line style charging at each other, when suddenly, BEAR ATTACK!!!1!
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Rowling just released the name of the seventh book in the Harry Potter series. I'm excited, even if nobody else on here is.
I'll buy it too. Harry was my age for a while, until the gaps between the books got longer, and I always liked him. I admit I've enjoyed the books less and less as I've got older, but I want to see how it ends, of course.
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Faye and Dora called it a while back.
Nobody cares. Faye's dialogue sucks.
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My various fun endings:
Harry dies saving Draco. Malfoy kills Voldemort.
Voldemort kills Snape, Harry kills Voldemort.
Holmes style: Harry and Voldemort die together. (ex. Harry tackles him off the Reichenbach Falls)
In defeating Voldemort, Harry loses his wizarding powers and memories of such. Goes back to muggle life.
Draco Malfoy dies by saving Harry from a killing shot from his father.
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My various fun endings:
Harry dies saving Draco. Malfoy kills Voldemort.
Voldemort kills Snape, Harry kills Voldemort.
Holmes style: Harry and Voldemort die together. (ex. Harry tackles him off the Reichenbach Falls)
In defeating Voldemort, Harry loses his wizarding powers and memories of such. Goes back to muggle life.
Draco Malfoy dies by saving Harry from a killing shot from his father.
I actually think all of those are very likely.
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I could see most of those happening.
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I'm actually unwilling to make any predictions about this book, as my obsessive way with it kind of ruined my reading of HBP. I'm only going to agree with the person who said The Deathly Hallows are Godric's Hallow, and that Dumbledore is truly dead.
Everything that I thought would happen in book 7 happened in book 6, so I've got nothing.
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Faye and Dora called it a while back.
Nobody cares. Faye's dialogue sucks.
Nobody cares what you have to say about Faye's dialogue in here. So let's try this fun game called "Not being a dick", huh?
My prediction for the book is that JK Rowling will finally bow to all the shippers and make their most desired pairing come true - Harry and Draco. Everyone knows that boys making with the kisses is the ultimate way to drive up sales.
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Faye and Dora called it a while back.
Nobody cares. Faye's dialogue sucks.
Nobody cares what you have to say about Faye's dialogue in here. So let's try this fun game called "Not being a dick", huh?
My prediction for the book is that JK Rowling will finally bow to all the shippers and make their most desired pairing come true - Harry and Draco. Everyone knows that boys making with the kisses is the ultimate way to drive up sales.
I promise I can take criticism and I'm not gonna flip out and be all "U GUISE R FAGS LOL WTF I LEAVE", but how am I being a dick here?
All I did was mention the comic from a while ago, I don't see how that makes me a dick.
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I think Sheep was talking to Flaming Ostrich there, SilentJ.
Also Hoax, it's Godric's Hollow rather than Hallow - still, it does make sense. I think JK has actually confirmed that Harry goes there in this book.
Here is another theory I like:
In Irish mythology, some ancient magincal people, the original Irish Fairies (the Tuatha de Danaan) brought with them four sacred treasures that were called the Hallows of Ireland
Those things were a sword, a cauldron, a stone and a spear (or Pole). Eventually these symbols became known as the sword, cup, pentacle and wand. The actual names of the four treasures are:
The Pole of Combat
The Sword of Light
The Cauldron of Cure
The Stone of Destiny
Could "deathly hallows" just be another name for Voldemort's Horcruxes, which are the main focal point of this book?
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The Cauldron of Cure = Hufflepuff's Cup = cups
The Sword of Light = Gryffindor's Sword = swords
The Stone of Destiny = Slytherin's Locket =pentacles
The Pole of Combat = Ravenclaw's Wand? = wands
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Is there a set release date?
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has anyone gathered that the scar on harry's head is a horcrux cause it seems like the most likly scenario...and explains why he can feel stuff
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If the scar is a Horcrux, then why did he try to kill Harry? I have lost track of the amount of time that I have spent arguing against that by now...
SilentJ, I was talking to Ostrich, not you. You weren't being a dick at all.
Lunchy, how is it that you have heard of these things and I have not and I live in Ireland? Pshaw. (Also, the Wikipedia article on the Four Treasures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Treasures) is probably better, because it gives the proper names for those things. The Stone of Destiny/Lia Fail isn't particularly impressive, to be honest. It's just a big stone.) That is an interesting theory as to where these things come from, though.
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SilentJ, I was talking to Ostrich, not you. You weren't being a dick at all.
Hooray :-)
Lunchy: your knowledge of the Irish mythology is awesome. Good call.
Seems a likeley scenario, at any rate.
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All I did was mention the comic from a while ago, I don't see how that makes me a dick.
I didn't call you a dick. I resented that you said we would laugh hysterically because Faye and Dora called it awhile back. That's not while I will laugh hysterically. In fact, I probably won't even laugh hysterically.
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Nobody cares what you have to say about Faye's dialogue in here. So let's try this fun game called "Not being a dick", huh?
Nobody cares what you have to say about what I have to say about Faye's dialogue in here. Do you like Faye's dialogue?
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Weak boarding, internet arguers. Weak boarding.
Anyhow, this thread has me utterly engrossed by the whole thing again.
Upon rethinking there are a few things I seriously think will be very important in Book 7.
Voldemort tried to get Lily Potter out of the way to kill Harry. It seems he was going to spare her. Why?
- My Theory: Snape is the one who relayed the prophecy to Voldemort. I am guessing that perhaps Snape, upon finding out it was about the Potters, tried to bargain to have Lily spared, because she was in fact very kind to him, and perhaps there was in fact romantic interest. With Lily's death, perhaps Snape's allegiance changed.
Dumbledore had a look of triumph when Harry mentioned that Voldemort used Harry's blood to revive himself.
-My Theory: Harry is in fact some sort of descendant of Gryffindor and there exists some ancient magic in that bloodline that will be his inevitable downfall. This goes along with the part of the prophecy that the boy that will take down the dark lord will have powers that the dark lord does not know.
Dumbledore made sure Harry got his father's cloak and he himself kept it and used it, though Dumbledore does not need it to make himself invisible
-My Theory: The cloak clearly has some secondary power not yet revealed. Possibly some final defense or power augmentation
Cornelius Fudge was the person on the scene first when Sirius "killed Wormtail," before the rest of the ministry could arrive. He immediately says Sirius is guilty. No trial given
-My Theory: Fudge possibly is an agent of the Death Eaters. His actions to delay stopping Voldemort, his greedy nature, and his favoritism for pure-bloods all point to this.
I'll add more as I think of them
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I didn't call you a dick. I resented that you said we would laugh hysterically because Faye and Dora called it awhile back. That's not while I will laugh hysterically. In fact, I probably won't even laugh hysterically.
Actually I meant you would laugh hysterically when everybody got mauled by rampaging bears. BECAUSE IT'S FUNNY.
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Weak boarding, internet arguers. Weak boarding.
Anyhow, this thread has me utterly engrossed by the whole thing again.
Upon rethinking there are a few things I seriously think will be very important in Book 7.
Voldemort tried to get Lily Potter out of the way to kill Harry. It seems he was going to spare her. Why?
- My Theory: Snape is the one who relayed the prophecy to Voldemort. I am guessing that perhaps Snape, upon finding out it was about the Potters, tried to bargain to have Lily spared, because she was in fact very kind to him, and perhaps there was in fact romantic interest. With Lily's death, perhaps Snape's allegiance changed.
Dumbledore had a look of triumph when Harry mentioned that Voldemort used Harry's blood to revive himself.
-My Theory: Harry is in fact some sort of descendant of Gryffindor and there exists some ancient magic in that bloodline that will be his inevitable downfall. This goes along with the part of the prophecy that the boy that will take down the dark lord will have powers that the dark lord does not know.
Dumbledore made sure Harry got his father's cloak and he himself kept it and used it, though Dumbledore does not need it to make himself invisible
-My Theory: The cloak clearly has some secondary power not yet revealed. Possibly some final defense or power augmentation
Cornelius Fudge was the person on the scene first when Sirius "killed Wormtail," before the rest of the ministry could arrive. He immediately says Sirius is guilty. No trial given
-My Theory: Fudge possibly is an agent of the Death Eaters. His actions to delay stopping Voldemort, his greedy nature, and his favoritism for pure-bloods all point to this.
I'll add more as I think of them
You should...you're devilishly good at this.
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Dumbledore had a look of triumph when Harry mentioned that Voldemort used Harry's blood to revive himself.
-My Theory: Harry is in fact some sort of descendant of Gryffindor and there exists some ancient magic in that bloodline that will be his inevitable downfall. This goes along with the part of the prophecy that the boy that will take down the dark lord will have powers that the dark lord does not know.
YES!! I remember the look! I know it's going to be crucial, I've always said so, ever since reading that part!
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The Gryifindore bloodline though....nononononono! That has to be the second biggest bad fanfic plot only going down to RAB being Reg Black. It also adds credence to the Harry=Horcrux theory (he being 'something of gryfindor's') and I hate that theory with a flaming passion.
My thoughts on the triumph look. Voldemort now has the blood of Harry, and therefor he carries the protection that Lily gave Harry, and that protection goes hand in hand with the love she had for him, result Voldemort now has some of lily's love for harry in his body, which may lead to his eventual downfall, or at least a chance for Harry to escape his clutches if he's not ready for the final show down.
I'm also not a fan of the Deathly Hallows=Horcruxes, we've never had an incident where a one of JK's inventions has more than one name nor have we had any forshadowing that Horcruxes can go by another name. I think they must be either a place or a group of people, who are vital to one bit of the book, but not central to the books (eg the goblet of fire was important but not integral.) It will likely be important for a chapter or two then forgotten.
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so "Tyler", how'd you get these ideas? A dream on a train?
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axerton,
RAB is most certainly someone within the Black family, and very very likely Regulus. Why else mention him multiple times in the books, and specifically mention his death? Also, I remember reading that the B in RAB changes to other letters in various foreign prints to match up with the first letter of their translation of Black.
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The Invisibility Cloak thing broadcasts the important role Solid Snake will play in Book 7.
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Voldemort's ultimate cause of death: neck snapped by a guy hiding in a cardboard box.
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The Invisibility Cloak thing broadcasts the important role Solid Snake will play in Book 7.
Dude. The goddamned thing will just break within the first 10 pages of the book.
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Voldemort wins & Harry dies!
Its the typical story of good verses evil except this time evil wins :evil:
No one will really expect it and in the end it teaches kids (and grown ups) a lesson....
Good doesnt always triumph over Evil
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that would be a very good ending. it would be....well realistic actually.
i kinda really like movies/books where the bad guys win.
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Thoughts on Tyler's post!
I'm inclined to think that part of the reason that Voldemort wasn't going to kill Lily was that he isn't threatened by her. Voldemort has a long history of using and abusing women, it seems likely that she was below his notice until she tried to save Harry. Of course, the Severus/Lily lovin' is one of the most popular fandom ideas, right up there with Sirius and Remus gettin' it on. I've always thought that it makes sense for Snape to hate Harry not just because his father was a douche, but because James stole his woman. Or something. Maybe it was just because James was a douche.
I don't think that the taking of Harry's blood has to do with his bloodline as much as it has to do with the love in his blood, or perhaps even the fact that he took something belonging to Harry, leaving him indebted. Remember how Dumbledore said Pettigrew was indebted to Harry because Harry gave him his life? I think the old magic, the sort of magic that saved Harry, has a give and take exchange thing going on.
Nothing to say on the cloak, it is an interesting idea.
I think Fudge is very likely tied to the Death Eaters, but in more of a Peter Pettigrew way. He's scared, they are powerful, he does NOT want to get killed by standing in their way. I wouldn't say he is actually an evil character, such as, say, Lucius Malfoy, he's just a wanker and a coward.
Now, something I was bummed to hear shot down by Rowling was the theory that Pettigrew will kill Lupin with his silver hand. It was so FITTING. It doesn't seem likely to me that any of the Mauraders will stay standing at the end of these books, though. As much as I love Remus, it seems more appropriate that they all die, and pass the mantle on fully. That, and imagine how much it sucks to be Remus right now. All of his friends are dead except for the one who betrayed them to their death.
Where do you all stand on the "Snape really is evil" thing? Dumbledore IS dead, we know that for sure, but what if the poison was a Horcrux as well, or Dumbledore was dying anyway and needed Snape to keep his cover? Mostly I just love Snape and want him to be a good guy real bad.
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SilentJ, I was talking to Ostrich, not you. You weren't being a dick at all.
Hooray :-)
Lunchy: your knowledge of the Irish mythology is awesome. Good call.
Seems a likeley scenario, at any rate.
She only knows about the Tuatha de Danaan because we had a Call of Cthulhu scenario that involved them. :-P
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For some reason that word...Tuatha...reminds me of a little known 80's movie called Willow.
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Little known? Clearly I hope you are chocked full of sarcasm. That movie is wildly famous.
I also disagree in thinking Lily wasn't a threat, as the Potters had 3 times before fought and escaped from Voldemort, proving formidable foes.
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FUCK HARRY POTTER.
Seriously. I got fucking sick of it at around the third book. I read the fourth without any love in my heart.
Why the series sucks:
-Wizards that DON'T CAST MAGIC MISSILE.
-Goblins that DON'T KILL ANYTHING.
-An evil power that DOES NOT RAISE AN ARMY.
-Minimal violence.
WHAT THE SHIT, YOU GUYS?
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Wizards have missile like powers.
There is mention of goblin rebellions and such, but not really needed in the story line.
The evil power is raising a massive army.
Lots of death in the later books.
In other words,
Your opinion is full of lies. Dirty lies.
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-Missile-like magic missile are DIFFERENT.
(Also, poor Latin accompanying said magical attacks kind of broke my hardon for the series)
-Goblins are bloodthirsty dicks by nature
-I guess you have me on the massive army part. In the first four books its just big V and a minion or two.
-You also have me on lots of death. All I can recall in the first four books, however, is the guy who gets iced in Goblet of Fire
What I mean to say is that I found the series lacking considering all the hype. Hell if I could write half as well as Rowling, but I believe there are much better books out there that don't get the credit they deserve.
Also, a fireball spell or two would have been nice.
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Well it's nice to remember that Harry Potter isn't D&D written out..it's Harry Potter, and Voldemort didn't even have a decent body to raise an army with until end of book 4..
I think Snape dies protecting Harry, proving he's a good guy or whatever
or/and
Harry should kill Voldemort and then be all like "BWAHAHA I'm the new dark lord!!"
k so the last one was far fetched...but whatever...XD
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Little known? Clearly I hope you are chocked full of sarcasm. That movie is wildly famous.
I also disagree in thinking Lily wasn't a threat, as the Potters had 3 times before fought and escaped from Voldemort, proving formidable foes.
Yeah, of course I was chock full of sarcasm. But I was quite surprised to learn that a few of my friends had never seen it.
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I would like to go back to serious discussions now please.
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-Missile-like magic missile are DIFFERENT.
Magic missile is so passe all the cool sorceror's (Harry is clearly not a wizard) are using Ray of Frost these days, range touch attacks are so much more spectacular.
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Okay.
Fuck you guys.
Color spray.
Also, I think we've figured out the next Harry Potter in this thread and we can safely say that we are probably largely in our 20's and have thoroughly dissected a series of children's books through the chronoscope of mythology and literature. This makes us nerds.
Fat and smelly ones.
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I'd reply or something, but I think I just rolled a natural 1 on my save right there.
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Good doesnt always triumph over Evil
"Evil always wins, because good is dumb."
(http://www.thatsstupid.net/pie/images/Dark_Helmet.jpg)
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Deathly Hallows is cross-wiring in my brain with Barrow Downs. This is highly annoying.
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the entierty of rowling's work does not even come close to comparing to that one bit of tolkien's. or any bit really.
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Yes. Not having to slog through ten pages of what walking looks like REALLY SUCKS.
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Kudos on a Clerks II reference, but to me, you can't really compare the two. They're too far apart chronologically.
Normally, this wouldn't change too much, but times have changed one hell of a lot between Tolkien and Rowling.
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That, and imagine how much it sucks to be Remus right now. All of his friends are dead except for the one who betrayed them to their death.
Is it bad that I read this and thought "No way! He is sharing his bed with a smokin' hot shapeshifter ten years younger than him! The man could not be sad!"
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No, it's not! she has spiky pink hair most of the time. Hell of win.
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it's more like a, "i really miss you guys, but damn she's hot."
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If he misses them too much, she could just transform her face to look like them. Creepily wonderful.
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As close as the Sirius/Remus shippers will ever get to canon.
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Everyone dies. THE END.
(http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/53236490/8604210)
My prediction for the book is that JK Rowling will finally bow to all the shippers and make their most desired pairing come true - Harry and Draco. Everyone knows that boys making with the kisses is the ultimate way to drive up sales.
That would make me laugh and laugh. Mainly at anyone who was ever involved in the ship wars over who Harry would end up with. How much do I want to see the Harry/Hermione shippers faces if that was book seven.
Anyway, I predict that at least one Weasley will die, probably one of the twins for maximum emotional impact. Ron won't, because he and Hermione are going to go on to breed the next generation of Weasleys. Ginny might if Harry doesn't, but if Harry does die I think she'll be left behind to grieve for him. I kind of think Charlie might, just because he's the Weasley that has the least going on in the books (as far as I can remember), so he doesn't have that many interesting points to 'save' him (I mean, Bill has a whole load of facial scars now, so he's already had some trauma, and surviving but horrifically scarred is more interesting than surviving but being perfectly fine). I have no idea about what will happen to Percy though. Anyone who's actually good at predictions want to share their thoughts on him?
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I think Sneep will turn out to be a good guy :-P
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows more like Harry Potter and the Legendary Paycheck, lol amirite?
Seriously, I hate the woman and her books on general principle. However, if she ends it after this and puts the kibosh on other authors using her money-printer as their own, she will win minor points from me.
Oh, and Rupert Grint was born exactly one year after me. That shames me. Homeboy needs to do something R-rated to redeem the club.
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Seriously, I hate the woman and her books on general principle.
I don't understand this sentiment.
1. Woman writes good children's books.
2. Profit.
3. Deserves hatred?
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I never said it was RATIONAL principle. My loathing of harry potter mostly has to do with the fact that my family tried endlessly to ram the books down my throat, saying that they're way better than my "boring tolkien stories" and that I need to "read good books". I developed an irrational spite toward the entire series so I could mostly justify not indulging my maternal family's shit.
That said, I really don't have any interest in them, they strike me as DaVinci Code bullshit for children. I'm probably way off, and I'll admit it, and I have absolutely nothing against people who enjoy the books. I just want to go my own way.
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It was announced that July 21st is the release date for those interested.
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But that's so far awaaaaaaay!
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I heard that it was July 7th. For the maximum effect for the ending.
Tom Riddle himself says that 7 is the most magical number. The whole coming of age at 17.
7-7-07 :?
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when jmitchell said the 21st, it wasn't a prediction trisk. sorry.
fact: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0545010225/sr=53-1/qid=1170608756/ref=tr_62701/105-7620108-0562067
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I guess I'm the victim of faulty information. Alas!
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hooray for pre-ordering!
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Stupid online pre-ordering.
Every time I try it just adds the book to my cart and says it's charging me like 18 bucks.
Fuck it, I'm doing it in-store. Anybody else have this problem?
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7-7-07 :?
Dogg, the 21st makes this:
(7+7+7)-7-07
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Stupid online pre-ordering.
Every time I try it just adds the book to my cart and says it's charging me like 18 bucks.
Fuck it, I'm doing it in-store. Anybody else have this problem?
no. i am part of the border's email list, and i just pre-ordered it through them and will pick it up at the store. what are you doing it on, amazon or something like that?
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7-7-07 :?
Dogg, the 21st makes this:
(7+7+7)-7-07
GASP! And if it came out at exactly 7:07:07am......
Then again, it would have come out on the 28th your way!
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Stupid online pre-ordering.
Every time I try it just adds the book to my cart and says it's charging me like 18 bucks.
Fuck it, I'm doing it in-store. Anybody else have this problem?
no. i am part of the border's email list, and i just pre-ordered it through them and will pick it up at the store. what are you doing it on, amazon or something like that?
The borders website has apparently teamed up with amazon, so going to borders.com basically brings you to amazon.com with borders stuff around the outside.
Essentially, yes. I tried to do it through Amazon.
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written-for-high-school-anime-goth-nerds.
Rowling has stated from the beginning that the books are written for Harry's age group. Which means this book is written for people between their 17th and 18th birthday. So, yeah, that's probably a fair and accurate description of it's target audience.
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SilentJ, go to bordersstores.com, not borders.com. that one will lead you to the actual store, not the crap amazon team up thing which is annoying. (i had this problem with a different book a while back, so i get the pre-ordering problem.)
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I love how the books were written for my generation basically, I'm aging with the characters.
And yeah, I don't really enjoy the title. I hope it isn't written like fan fiction, I felt like she was writting the last book while being whipped and told to write faster.
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Borders sent me an email saying "Prefered buyer, would you like to preorder?" or something to that effect. I of course threw my money at them and cackled in anticipation.
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"Preferred buyer, we would prefer that you buy our stuff, 'cause all these other buyers are just fakers. They ain't real."
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i pre-ordered two, one for me and a friend. because you can order more than one. tee hee. and i think they offered a discount when you preorder. booyah.
summer can't come fast enough. and because i want the snow gone.
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"Preferred buyer, we would prefer that you buy our stuff, 'cause all these other buyers are just fakers. They ain't real."
They prefer me because they get probably $800+ from me a year
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Impressive. I probably spend less than that cumulatively per year. Of course, I don't live on my own.
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i don't either, but i have a job, and that's where most of my money goes that is not school related, except if i can buy some books i need for class there, like i did for a literature class i took. mostly because i've stopped using the library as much because i really prefer to own books.
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Ah. Borders loves me as well. Over the summer, I spent probably between $50 and $80 every week.
No wonder I'm a broke college student now :(
But, I didn't have any problems pre-ordering Deathly Hallows (...how I loathe that title though), and managed to snag 3 copies. NOW, if I could actually just get to the store and claim my FREE STICKER (!!!!) I would be happiest little girl on the planet! Yay!
My Mom is glad that I am getting excited over this book, and the movie in November. Apparenty I have been as potter-fied lately as I usually am. I wasn't very excited at the last opening, due to the fact that there was this really obnoxious girl who kept going on about how she was the "Ultimate Potter Fan" and how good she was at trivia, and crap. She had on a really lame get-up too, like a t-shirt decorated with Quidditch stuff... I wanted to hit her -so- bad, but I refrained since I really wanted the book, and I really love Borders and didn't want to get thrown out.
She was a henious bitch who I still hate for ruining my opening-night experience --because NOTHING should be greater then an Opening Night Experience, you know what I mean?
...Sorry, I rambled. My apologies.
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Get a blog already.
...Yay preordering :-)
And, agreed, opening night was pretty awesome. Not because I spent any of it in the store outside of getting my book. We tailgated in the parking lot. Oh yes. :-D
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written-for-high-school-anime-goth-nerds.
Rowling has stated from the beginning that the books are written for Harry's age group. Which means this book is written for people between their 17th and 18th birthday. So, yeah, that's probably a fair and accurate description of it's target audience.
You know it's funny because if you kept up with Accio Quote (http://www.accio-quote.org/) and JKR's personal website, she's stated time and time again that it wasn't written for any particular audience - after being primarily an adult author, she wrote it for herself, and had no idea if anybody would like it at all. It's just turned out that because it is about children, children read it.
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i pre-ordered two, one for me and a friend. because you can order more than one. tee hee. and i think they offered a discount when you preorder. booyah.
summer can't come fast enough. and because i want the snow gone.
A little something to tide you over until then;
http://fanfiction.mugglenet.com/ (http://fanfiction.mugglenet.com/)
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oh dear. fan fic scares me.
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Suck it up. This is "good" stuff, here.
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The really good stuff is at Fictionalley.net. This is where I post. They also have some absolutely fantastic forums about every single aspect of the Potterverse.
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Oooh, what's your handle?
I must read the LunchyFicz.
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Ha. As if I'm posting it here.
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PM?
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Man, don't hassle the lady for her fanfiction.
It's probably gay. Not even fun, hardcore gay stuff. Wussy gay stuff with holding hands and embarassed kissing behind the Quidditch bleachers.
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Sigged.
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This thread has taken a turn towards the wookie. Lets stop now.
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I only write Snape/Harry/Giant Squid.
It is not wussy. There are orifices being assaulted all over the shop. Sometimes Voldemort watches while drinking Pina Colada. Occlumency can also be pretty awesome in these situations.
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Oh dear sweet Ronald Weasley. Allybawx, you are destroying any innocence those books had left.
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Wait, so this is the final book in the series? Jeez, finally.
How long until the movies stop coming out?
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Shush. Gryff. These books are LOVE.
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*continues making "Potter Dies" signs*
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you're destroying our love fest here. it's just beginning to get interesting.
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well... it's either death, or excruciating pain by fan-mail asking for 8th book
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She's said for years that there would only be 7 books. The only exception is a character encyclopedia. That's it...
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who said the fans had to be smart?
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who said the fans had to be smart?
Ouch. That stings. Just a little.
I am so amazingly psyched for this book, you can't even imagine. I will be at a midnight release party, there is no question.
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speaking of wookies, I have a friend named wookie...
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She's said for years that there would only be 7 books. The only exception is a character encyclopedia. That's it...
And the rules of Quidditch and the book of beasts. Or whatever they were called.
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Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Hi, I'm a huge nerd. I've even read both of them.
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I meant about Harry Potter or a spin off from it. Also, those were written for charity.
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I just realized Alan Rickman has to kill Michael Gambon when they make the 6th film, and it honestly made me quite upset.
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Are you kidding? It's gonna be cinematic gold.
GOLD, I tell you.
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I am going to cry like a little girl. Just like I did when I read it. And I'm also going to cry when Sirius falls through the curtain in the next movie. If Rowling kills Lupin, Fred, and/or George in the last book, I will be very very sad. She has a knack for killing off my favorite characters.
Speaking of the next movie, they better do the whole fireworks and swamp bit. Seriously.
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My favorite part is in book 4 where Draco gets turned into a feret and bounced around the corridors, I laughed out loud during that part...
I haven't really enjoyed the last 2 books, seems like she's been rushed to finish them and I didn't really find the "angst" in the last book all that convincing, seemed pretty poorly written and a bit overly melodramatic to me.
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I was rather upset when Sirius went caput, but far more saddened with the scenes when you meet Neville's parents. It was heartbreaking!
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Yes, yes it was. I need to make a note to bring tissues with me to the theatre.
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I haven't really enjoyed the last 2 books, seems like she's been rushed to finish them and I didn't really find the "angst" in the last book all that convincing, seemed pretty poorly written and a bit overly melodramatic to me.
Yes, I agree. It seemed like someone got their fan-fiction published under her name. Especially the whole part about Tonks being in love with Lupin, and Bill and Fleur. Gag.
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My favorite part is in book 4 where Draco gets turned into a feret and bounced around the corridors, I laughed out loud during that part...
Shit, I forgot about that. The way they did it in the movie was a bit disappointing, I must say.
still amusing, but nowhere near what I thought it could be.
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Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Hi, I'm a huge nerd. I've even read both of them.
Hi. I'm a bigger nerd. I own both but have also had them given to me as presents on two seperate occasions now. I can probably tell you everything written in both of them. For example, in the movie Quidditch scenes I am very fond of pointing out the fouls.
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My favorite part is in book 4 where Draco gets turned into a feret and bounced around the corridors, I laughed out loud during that part...
Shit, I forgot about that. The way they did it in the movie was a bit disappointing, I must say.
still amusing, but nowhere near what I thought it could be.
I haven't seen any of the movies, I'm not going to see them until I've read the whole series, it seems kind of silly but I'd rather keep it all in my head then have someone trying to tell me this is how it's supposed to be and how all the characters are supposed to look etc.
I'm a bit burned out on the series now, my sister got me into them about 5 few years ago and I read the first 4 books in one weekend, then there was a massive wait for no 5, which wasn't so great imo. Book 6 was the first one I purchased on my own (pre-ordered it etc) as I had just moved out of home (didn't have anyones copy to pinch), I was a bit dissapointed by it really, I'll buy book 7 to satisfy my curiousity about how it ends and on the faint hope its as good as the first 4, but I'm not going to be advanced ordering it or anything.
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I'm a bit burned out on the series now, my sister got me into them about 5 few years ago and I read the first 4 books in one weekend, then there was a massive wait for no 5, which wasn't so great imo. Book 6 was the first one I purchased on my own (pre-ordered it etc) as I had just moved out of home (didn't have anyones copy to pinch), I was a bit dissapointed by it really, I'll buy book 7 to satisfy my curiousity about how it ends and on the faint hope its as good as the first 4, but I'm not going to be advanced ordering it or anything.
I got lucky concerning the wait. I didn't start reading the first four until a few months before OotP came out, so I didn't have to wait too long. But I did hate waiting for HBP, I will admit.
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I think I'm slowly losing interest in the Potter series, and it's very sad. However, I am still eagerly awaiting the last two movies and Deathly Hallows. I think if Harry does die, it will be very heroically.
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Haha, I tracked you down, J. Welcome to the QC forums!
I personally think that Harry will live. Maybe I'm just too much of an optimist, who knows?
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Man I knew Harry Potter was no good. He's so vain that he talks about himself in the third person. FUCK YOU, Harry Potter.
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Well he's certainly vain enough to think he's going to die heroically. Just for that, Mr. Harry Potter, I hope you die by getting hit by a bus or something like that. You wouldn't even be saving anyone, you would be jaywalking. You die because you are a dirty criminal. JEEZE. WAY TO RUIN THE SERIES.
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Play Final Fantasy.
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Final Fantasy's boys are magical and handsome, just really goddamn effeminate looking.
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bump.
Here's a trailer for the new movie: http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/harrypotterandtheorderofthephoenix.html
Looks much better than the last one. Hopefully it doesn't stray too far from the book...
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I hope it strays very, very far from the book.
I hate that book.
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Pfffft!!
It does look good...sort of. I mean, it's got something to it that I think it could be great, but it will still fail to meet my expectations.
Does anyone else think that Daniel looks kind of...scary? Alan Rickman, however, makes me shiver with anticipation. I love that he is in a large bit of the trailer. (I am going to assume that this is the same trailer I have seen numerous times on IMDB, and on the previews of Happy Feet...).
...Blasphemy, Ozymandias. The 5th book is AWESOME!
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It's better than the 6th book, that's for sure. But it looks like it's keeping my favorite scene in it (when Fred and George wreak havoc on the school), so hopefully it won't be as awful as the third movie.
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Oh god...nothing could be as awful as what they did in the 3rd movie. Curse you Alfonso!
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I could not agree with you more, PQ4. I've only seen the PoA movie twice, it's hideous.
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My biggest problem (besides the cutting apart the story to nothing!) was that was just to dark! The third should have still been a little brighter and light hearted... If you could take the darkness and hold it off until the 5th one... Much better. It's not until the 5th one that everything started to look kind of bleak and scary anyway.
AND WHAT WAS UP WITH TOM THE BARKEEPER?! He was like a hunchback!! What the heck?!
--And that creepy little shrunken head on the bus...I wanted to just stab it and make it shut up.
I think my disappointment in the 3rd movie made me not want to see the 4th one (though I don't really care for that book at all), and now makes me weary for the 5th one.
Seriously...Alan Rickman is the only thing that keeps me seeing these films.
...Well, okay and Rupert Grint. He's a cutie :wink:
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Exactly. Out of the four films made, it strayed the farthest, which sucks because that's my favorite book. They do this with all the movies, but they keep adding really stupid things in the movies that don't need to be in there, like the shrunken head and the dragon chasing Harry in the 4th film. I wish they would stop doing that. They don't need to have everything from the books in the movies, but they shouldn't go adding things or changing things when they don't need to.
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I bet it turns out in the book that Ron is actually a dragon sent by voldemort to eat Harry alive. And Ron had been passing secrets to the dark side for years. And also that cat is made of cheese. Nobody will die except minor charactors such as Ron's dad, Percy, and maybe the werewolf professer will die too, but no promises!