Hagrid, the Gentle (Half-)Giant
by Poorva Chakravarthy A rebuttal to John Gilberotoes’ Hagrid the Insensitive Okay, I have heard John Gilberotoes out. This is what I have to say: The fact that Hagrid is a nice sweet trusting guy...
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The Magic Quill #33: The Vault of Yves the Leper
The witches and wizards listening to Merlin’s tale were becoming restive. At one point, Sadie pulled an hourglass out of her pocket, glared at it through her veil, and shook it next to her ear. A few minutes later, Spanky shined his wandlight on a sundial strapped to his wrist. Even Joe Albuquerque sneaked a look at a complicated pocket watch that had seven hands moving at different speeds, and in different directions.
Why Snape?
by Hologhost It seems that JKR is mystified by the growing popularity of Professor Snape. Her comments at the recent Edinburgh Book Fair state: “Why do you love him? Why do people love Snape? I do...
Godric’s Hollow and Other Mysteries
by Carolyn One of the biggest secrets that J.K. Rowling has been carefully concealing through five novels is a detailed account of what happened the night Harry got his infamous scar. Our knowledge of...
The Department of Mysteries: Pre-Loaded Wands for Your Wizarding Pleasure
by Bob Sindeldecker Argus Filch is a sad creature. To explain how I know him so well, I must explain a bit more about myself. When I left the Navy in 1990, I went...
Suicide by Werewolf?
by Theresa Faustina Since the Prisoner of Azkaban’s description of the Whomping Willow Incident, most readers probably imagined that Snape learned of Lupin’s lycanthropy on that night, right as James saved his life from the...
The Burrow: Truth be Told: The Ministry of Magic and Veritaserum
by Noelle Ebert In the article Wizards on Trial, Sam Cavanaugh posed the question of why the Ministry of Magic doesn’t use Veritaserum in their criminal proceedings. Although his ideas about security and denial...
Harry Potter and the Vanishing Allowance
by Nikki C. At one point or another we’ve all done it. We’ve been a victim of it, and we probably will be again. You done it, or at least thought about it, and...
Creevey Brothers and Evans Sisters
by Susan W. Like many MuggleNet visitors, I have been trying to figure out who the half-blood prince could be. However, this editorial isn’t about my theories surrounding this notion, but it does have...
