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Concluding his three-part Revenge series, hpboy13’s latest article discusses the one character that seems most justified in getting payback: Harry. After everything he has suffered, losing his parents, being condemned to the Dursleys, and growing up with no real family, how could he not want revenge on Wormtail, the man whose betrayal of Lily and James caused all this? And yet, as we all know, Harry spares his life, stopping Sirius and Lupin from killing Pettigrew. This week’s The Three Broomsticks examines this remarkable act, and what J.K. Rowling is trying to tell us. Would Harry have been justified in getting vengeance on the man who ruined his life, or was his mercy really one of the wisest decisions he ever made?
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In the next installment of his The Three Broomsticks Revenge series, hpboy 13 looks at Hermione, and her pursuit of vengeance within the series. Brilliant, creative, and determined, Hermione is the perfect candidate to pay back unsavoury characters. However, why does she get revenge, and no one else? Hermione has often been the voice of reason throughout the series; ensuring Ron and Harry don’t get themselves in over their heads, and in deep trouble. This week’s article answers this and more! Why would the brightest witch of her age stoop to such a level, and why would Jo let her?
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Harry Potter presents us with a multitude of themes on love, friendship, bravery, and morality, but what about revenge? There are countless despicable characters who certainly warrant vengeance. In his latest article for The Three Broomsticks, hpboy13 begins part 1 of a three-part series, addressing the issue of whether anyone gets revenge in the series. Has our favourite author really deprived her main characters of the justice they deserve?
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In the first place, if you're on this website, we already suspect how you feel about this question. As you know, The Lord of the Rings series originally written by J.R.R Tolkien is well-written, epic, has great depth, and for those reasons is truly deserving of merit; however, its fan following worldwide has been quite adamant about its greatness, to the extent that some have been moved to claim it is greater than the Harry Potter series.
Now - of course - we all know that's just plain wrong! But we would like to plug WhatCulture! today which ran a post written by Jacob Savill listing "9 Reasons Why Harry Potter Wipes the Floor with Lord of the Rings." We agree with all of his reasons, of course - they are incredibly well argued - and encourage you to check out the orginal article.
Here's a taste of the argument from Reason #6, that there are few influential female characters in The Lord of the Rings:
"In Harry Potter, female characters have much more of a central impact and an important place in the story than in The Lord Of The Rings. Hermione Granger (a female character) is one of three leading characters in the series, however unfortunately, the same can’t be said for Tolkien’s Middle Earth. Just tell me this, how many females are present in the Fellowship? The World Of Middle Earth seems very much like a masculine-based society and the only purpose of female characters in Middle Earth, such as Eowyn and Arwen is as love interests for Aragorn, rather than as main aspects of the plot."
I find this argument incredibly valid, though Tolkien fans may answer back, "What about Galadriel?" Well, yeah, what about Galadriel? The truth is she has a great deal of power in the series, but aside from playing the occasional host, giving gifts and healing wounds, is she, herself, important to the plot outside of providing various services to the Fellowship (all male) along the way?
If you would like to weigh in on this question about which book series is better with an editorial, (on either side, in fact), please e-mail me at Noah@staff.mugglenet.com. We love hearing your feedback.
And to you Lord of the Rings fans out there, if your books are so superior, why did Boromir say this in Fellowship?
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In terms of wealth, magical ability, and body type, Draco Malfoy and Dudley Dursley couldn't be more different. And yet in many ways these two characters are very similar. In fact, a connection is fostered between the two of them in the series when Harry first meets Draco in Madam Malkins's Robes for All Occasions shop - Harry was "strongly reminded of Dudley." (SS, p. 77)
But how deep does the connection run? One fan, ThePotterhead101, has written an editorial for MuggleNet expanding on this question. The writer eventually concludes these two characters were equally shaped - and warped - by their families.
You can read more editorials and learn how you can submit one of your own over in our essay section, right here.
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While more regularly known for his inflammatory and controversial editorials on this website, Three Broomsticks writer hpboy13 has seemingly discovered his softer side with this new piece about Luna Lovegood, and why he - along with the fandom - loves her.
In his editorial Irvin muses about Luna's personal strength of character, her unfailingly decent values, and unique ability to be unfazed by ridicule when faced with bullies. hpboy13 landed on this latter attribute specifically and suggested it was one of the biggest reasons the quirky, obsessive Luna Lovegood is so universally loved and respected by the fandom, because we as Harry Potter fans are quirky and obsessive, and have even had to occassionaly defend our own obsession with this magical book series.
Above all her other qualities, however, hpboy13 most admires Luna for her resplendent selflessness. In his editorial he writes:
When she is captured in Malfoy Manor, she only ever thinks about other people. When she sees Harry and Ron in the cellar, she is horribly upset because “Oh no, I didn’t want you to be caught!” (DH464) Upon being offered an escape, Luna says, “Harry, we want to help you!” (DH468). She is only thinking of them, never of herself. Ollivander says that Luna was “an inexpressible comfort” during his incarceration, and I’ve no doubt that she would be a huge comfort to anyone in any bad situation.
hpboy13 may indeed have some unresolved issues with Hagrid, Snape, Ron, and even Albus Dumbledore, but Luna Lovegood is practically flawless in his opinion. Do you love Luna, too, or do you find some faults in her character? Head over to The Three Broomsticks section to pull over a chair, grab a butterbeer, and have hearty Potter discussion where you can talk about all of these questions, and more.
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