Characteristically, Snape may not be too happy about it, but today we’d like everyone to join us in wishing a very warm, enthusiastic, and heart-felt happy birhtday to our favorite Potions professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! He would have been 53 today if he hadn’t been, well… we’re sure you’re familiar with the story.
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.
The Pottermore Insider has just announced a very special and exclusive look at an upcoming Moment from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to mark Professor Severus Snape’s birthday today.
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by MuggleNet · Published January 8, 2013 · Last modified October 16, 2021
An analysis on why Luna Lovegood is such a beloved character despite only being part of the final three books.
After the success of last year’s conference, which welcomed participants from over ten universities and four states, the students of Potter Watch, the official Harry Potter club of UNCC, are pleased to be hosting the second Potter Watch Conference.
Here at MuggleNet, we like to make note of just about every day that’s significant to the Harry Potter community, and today – January 8 – we’re celebrating Freddie Stroma’s birthday. His character may have given Hermione and Ron a hard time in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but we won’t hold that against him.
While Warner Bros. keeps its lips sealed on the rumored expansion, new photos of Gringotts Bank provide evidence of the growing Wizarding World.
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It has been announced today that David Thewlis, who portrayed Professor Lupin in the Harry Potter films, will appear in The Winter Queen as Count Zurov.
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