What is your favorite Harry Potter book and why?
I suppose Order of the Phoenix because we were able to see totally switched sides of most characters - even Snape which I was surprised about. We have never really had a reason to like him, other than he was a cool/mean guy which is always fun. However, in Order of the Phoenix we not only like him more, we begin to trust him more. We discover that he was correct about James. He never said anything bad about Lily, and it turned out she was alright. Also, Dumbledore seems to be weaker than in other books, I don't know if it is accidental, but either way it means Harry has to step up to the plate and not only stop depending on Dumbledore but start depending more on himself for answers. I think that is the perfect evolution for a boy of 16. The mentor begins to look old and preachy, and the young one has to become the one with the solutions.

Did you like the third movie or not and why?
I did like it. It was much more stylized than the first two and more gloomy which adds to it greatly. I also felt like the first two, although totally worth the money and hours spent watching them, were over done CG wise. It was like "Ooooo, look, something weird from wizardland!" Whereas, the third one, although clearly CG-ed, didn't need it to hold the movie. Instead we were much more interested in the characters and the effects added to it, but it wasn't all the movie was about. Very Burton-esque.

If you could spend the day as one character from the books, who would it be?
It would probably be Voldemort or Draco. Not because I am evil incarnate or anything, but because then I would know what's going on from every angle. I would know all the answers. It would be fun for about ten seconds until I realized there were no more surprises.

What do you think of all this "relationship" arguments about who will end up with who, etc.?
I think it is great fun. Before I found MuggleNet I had my own opinions just from reading the books. I thought, that because relationships were not the focus of the book, J.K. made it very obvious about what was going on. One less thing for her to worry about, so she just made it clear. I have read many quotes on the subject from her and it seems as though I was right in that assumption. I think the books would be less entertaining if it was all clue and no real information. So, all that said, I think she made it very obvious in the books so we would at least no something for sure. Maybe because everything else is shrouded in mystery, people believe Potter relationships are as well. Or maybe they don't really like what the books say, so because there is so much mystery, they feel thier ship has just as good a chance as any other. I think Harry ends up alone, and Hermione and Ron get it on.

What is your favorite moment of the series so far?
I cried like a wee girl when Neville's mother gave him a gum wrapper.

Who do you think the Half-Blood prince is?
I thought that it would be Regulus Black. The name means "prince" in Latin. Unfortunately, now I have no idea. BUT I WILL SOON!!!!

Do you have anything else you'd like to add? Maybe a theory you've concocted, a shout-out?
Big ups to my little sprout, who showed me Harry Potter. MuggleNet for being the clearest and best Harry Potter website. THANK YOU!

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