Last night I had a "plot of Deathly Hallows" dream--the first of many, I'm sure. Snape had been made headmaster. It seemed plausible at the time. There wasn't enough magic going on, but at least it was sunny out. I also remember making it about halfway through the book, and being so sad because it was almost over. It was all almost over.

Just when I think I'm slipping out of the fandom, I stumble across something with interesting ties to Harry Potter.

Probably Van Der Obsessive has catalogued this or something, but I never saw it before, and the name, dates, and banner are just too perfect.

I was browsing the Leaky Cauldron and came upon this in the Book 7 FAQ: We will find out what happened to Sirius's flying motorbike, "but the real sleuths among you might be able to guess." (World Book Day)

( I totally know what happened. )

Weirdly, it turns out that Gina and Rat's friendship is the LEAST fictional element of SSA 3.

I just realized that I know how to say "Death Eater" in Greek, Russian, and Spanish off the top of my head.

...that is so sad.

My mother made it her goal to finally (!) finish HBP over the Christmas holiday. I ran into her in the kitchen the day after Christmas and noticed the closed book on the table.

Me: Did you finish it?
Her: immediately I can't talk about it yet. I'm still trying to deal with it.
Me: O...kay ( Read more... )

I'm re-reading All Quiet on the Western Front over my lunch breaks--awesome book, everyone ought to read it ( Read more... )

Submitted some questions for the JKR interview at the Leaky forums, then read a few other questions. Some were very interesting, some were awesome -- "What kind of shoes does Lord Voldemort wear?" -- and many, many, many of them were either answered directly in the books or questions about events which will certainly be answered in the next two. I ( Read more... )

There's a photo on the Leaky from the GoF movie showing Krum putting his name in the Goblet of Fire. Apparently the director didn't think that Dumbledore's Age Line was quite enough protection, and decreed that the goblet had to be ten feet off the ground as well. That'll keep the underage wizards from entering.

I stumbled across these stories during a Google Search. They're short mystery stories featuring Blaise Zabini, all grown up and Care of Magical Creatures professor at Hogwarts, and his Kneazle, Macavity. There's an enchanting ingenuous quality to them; they're completely different from any Potterfic I ever read, in a genre of their own ( Read more... )