The U-Bend #32: Does a Pincushion Have Rights?
by Andrew Lee and Robert Lanto “If only we’d done human Transfiguration already! But I don’t think we start that until sixth year, and it can go badly wrong if you don’t know what...
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Snape’s Lucky Escape: Did the Felix Felicis Potion Really Fail?
by Christy Morley “It’s liquid luck,” said Hermione excitedly. “It makes you lucky!” [HBP, p.187 US edition] What exactly does it mean to be lucky? According to Merriam Webster, lucky has three definitions: having good...
Songs of the Sorting Hat, Week 3
Let’s imagine some more of the Sorting Hat’s songs through the years.
Professor Snape, in the Conservatory, with the Candlestick
by Maya I guess you could say I’m a pure-blood pacifist. My parents came from different traditions, but both of those traditions encourage peaceful conflict resolution. It’s not like I was forcibly indoctrinated with...
French “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” to be Printed on Environmentally Friendly Paper
The French edition of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is to be printed on eco-friendly paper, saving about 6,746 trees.
The Phoenix Files: Post-HBP Update to Folder #1: Minerva McGonagall
By Christopher Stephen Yes, Professor Minerva McGonagall is my favorite character in the series. Yes, that is why I chose her for my first File ever, nearly a year ago now. And yes, that...
I Trust Snape – Foolishness or Otherwise?
by M.S. I trust Severus Snape.It’s a phrase that has echoed for five books and left us wondering. We waited expectantly for the revelation that we believed was coming – why did Dumbledore trust...
Petunia and the Creaky Stair
by ginnybatbogeysyou Almost every reader of the Harry Potter series knows that there’s something odd about Aunt Petunia. The fact that she knows things about the wizarding world, the world she clearly despises, just makes no...
Songs of the Sorting Hat, Week 2
Let’s imagine some more of the Sorting Hat’s songs through the years.
