Looking at the Latest FAQ Poll Answer
by Theresa Faustina The answer to the latest FAQ Poll on Jo’s site reveals so much more than just that Neville has no special powers because of the prophecy. It gives us her take on the...
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The Five Stages and Sirius: Coping with Loss
by Tory The last few chapters of Order of the Phoenix are possibly the saddest, yet well written, in the Harry Potter series, mainly because Harry is in such pain from the loss of Sirius. He feels anger,...
The Phoenix Files #8: Neville Longbottom
By Christopher Stephen Hey everyone! Thanks so much for the amazing Dumbledore submissions. There were over fifteen submitted for only three spots, so only the very best were chosen! Congrats to those who were,...
Clues in the Beginning
by Hillary Lately, there has been a lot of speculation about future books. Who will be the Half-Blood Prince? How will Harry defeat Voldemort? Will my favorite character die? With all of this prognostication,...
CC #133: Week of May 8, 2005
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Agents Mulder and Scully approach the Burrow from a distance. This is a special Maniacal Month caption image! Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
Orphans in the Literary Tradition
by T. Ritchie Harry is the latest in a long line of literary orphans. The line is so long, in fact, that it has almost become a cliché — all we need to do...
The Tasks Pattern
by Sylvia Our favorite author seems to have established a series of patterns in the way she has written her story. By pattern, I mean an unwritten set of rules that JKR has followed,...
Madam Puddifoot’s: Comparing Romance in Star Wars and Harry Potter
by Valerie Hall As someone who has spent a fair amount of time on the Love Thread, I have come to recognize many standard arguments that seem to come up over and over again. Star...
The Burrow: Afraid of the Boggart?
by Jeg In real life, my greatest fear is death, manifested in the form of a cemetery. It is perhaps that fact that death is so unknown to everyone; no one has come back...
