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HBP: Chapter One

Jun 24, 2005 18:58

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This is the discussion post for Chapter 1 of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (and for all chapters prior to chapter 1). SPOILERS are expected to be contained in these comments for all of these chapters--though not for later ( Read more... )

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antou_san July 16 2005, 14:22:51 UTC

I read it *_*
Wow..first of all, I realized I'm very slow at reading english when it's different form the usual fanfic vocabulary..but I still understand it well ^^
About the chapter..it was very..unusual..gloomy in the beginning, and I was happy to find out Rowling didn't lose her humour.
It made me think about terrorism, obviously..so damn actual.
Great!

amanuensis1 July 16 2005, 14:26:29 UTC

Oh, yes! The bit about the bridge collapsing--I thought about the Underground bombings and what Rowling must have thought of that, a week before the book's release.

edgemere July 16 2005, 17:45:16 UTC

I can't be the only one to find the picture of Kingsley as a secretary hilarious.

deerlike July 16 2005, 17:51:58 UTC

Nope. And conversely, I can't be the only one who's reduced to insufferable giggles over your icon. *g*

...I very badly want Jeremy Irons to play Scrimgeour.

kerrypolka July 16 2005, 19:17:49 UTC

I definitely snickered at the PM's little "Kingsley! But he's the best guy on my staff!" flail. :)

pocketroxy July 17 2005, 18:34:59 UTC

Absolutely hysterical!

veryshortlist July 16 2005, 18:20:17 UTC

My moment of mad cackling: when I got my hands on a copy, even though it looked like I wouldn't as I forgot to register at my library.

How the hell do Dementors breed?

thelemonlady__ July 17 2005, 04:09:43 UTC

Who knows? Maybe there are females and males. They made me feel though, that all dementors were males? Maybe you don't need a 'partner' to have a dementor child? But I could not imagine Demontors as babies...

Maybe they are grown? Ha. We will probably never know.

veryshortlist July 17 2005, 17:08:38 UTC

I always thought that they were genderless. Maybe they reproduce like bacteria, splitting in two.

silverhielm July 16 2005, 18:29:00 UTC

My God. I think I wasn't expecting this kind of beginning!! And I also think that the time has come when NOONE can attempt to define this as a book for children!
It must be difficult to create a real connection between the "wizarding community" and the Muggles's world, but J.K. made it so..real, indeed! I am really satisfied by this chapter, it gave me shivers ._.
*tries to imagine what will be the new minister's name in the italian version XDD*

kerrypolka July 16 2005, 19:19:39 UTC

I like the way JKR showed Fudge's total incompetence from an outside perspective -- and I love that she opened the book with Grown-Ups Talking About Grown-Up Things. In fact, I think I could read a whole book of just the Prime Minister's reactions to things.

Or maybe I could just fic it. ;)