Yes, perhaps not your commonplace kind of question – but I brought it up on a recent episode of the MuggleNet podcast, “Alohomora!” In addition to a great deal of speculation on this question and others in our new forums, one of our most active commenters, Hippogriff, has written a quibble entirely about how Floo Powder might work.
Ever since the additions of the Alohomora! and Academia sections/podcasts to the site, fans have had a great deal to discuss regarding their favorite book series. All the while the MuggleNet Editorials section has been actively following this intelligent discourse, and some of the most thrilling arguments have been featured as the MuggleNet Quibble of the Week.
This week we’d like to do this again, and feature a quibble written in our Alohomora! section by Ali Wood about the ethics of Transfiguration. Read it at this link!
Though many classify the Harry Potter series as children’s fiction, critics and fans across the world have re-opened the books in recent years and have discovered places where Jo may have infused slightly more adult themes in her magical work. Over in our Alohomora! section, fans have been finding tons of new things as they re-read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone alongside our new podcast – and one fan wand_stone_cloak has written a brilliant piece about addiction presenting itself in the very first chapters of the book.
Discussing Dementors: the origins of the word, and the presence of the creatures in Muggle legends and folk tales.
Abstract: In Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, everyone had a daemon. I wonder what the various Harry Potter characters would have had as their daemons if it was part of the story?
With the recent announcement of Sony’s Wonderbook: Book of Spells, for the PlayStation 3, we all have to wonder: is this game all that it’s cracked up to be?
How much did Dumbledore know about horcruxes? When did he act on that knowledge? Read this analysis on the timeline of Dumbledore’s horcrux hunt.
This week’s Quibble of the Week discusses social media, and its profound influences on the Harry Potter fandom. In his essay, “From Books to Blogs: Harry Potter and Social Media,” apwbdumbs clarifies how invaluable social media truly is to fans…
Did the filmmakers make a mistake in portraying the politics of the last few “Potter” stories?
Amos Diggory
Set decorator – RIP
2007
Xenophilius Lovegood
Harry Potter
Composer
1991
Rose Granger-Weasley (CC – London)
2017
Producer
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