I began to notice certain similarities between Umbridges and Molly Weasley’s words. At dinner, in 12 Grimmauld Place, Mrs. Weasley kept insisting that Harry et al. are too young to learn details about the Order. It may be arguable that Molly did not want to reveal details to Harry because Dumbledore had instructed her not to, imagining that Voldemort could tap into Harry’s mind, but Molly’s feelings go above and beyond Dumbledore’s orders.
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.
An analysis on why Luna Lovegood is such a beloved character despite only being part of the final three books.
We would like to extend a very happy birthday to the actors, actresses, characters, and MuggleNet staff members who make the Potter series so successful today.
Sunday evening saw Hollywood A-listers rub shoulders with British stage legends at the 2012 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, held at the Savoy Hotel in London. Among the stars present at last night’s ceremony...
At LeakyCon, the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA) Executive Director Andrew Slack launched a new campaign at a press conference called Equality FTW. So far Equality FTW has raised almost $40,000 for immigration, education, and LGBTQ equality.
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?
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.
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Xenophilius Lovegood
Harry Potter
Composer
1991
Rose Granger-Weasley (CC – London)
2017
Producer
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