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Hogwarts Houses: The Veiled Virtues and Vices (Chapter 2)
Here is the second chapter of the essay, already onece completely rewritten (still missing an excursion to the Roman virtues). I have tried to keep this abstract and general, so there aren't references to particular passages in the books - this will (hopefully) change in the following sections - and I don't mind suggestions.
2. House qualities, ( Read more... ) -
Hogwarts Houses: The Veiled Virtues and Vices (an essay project)
I have stared an essay project at the HPN and thought I could mirror it here for a backup copy (and to end the LJ silence for a change). Those (very few) who aren't registered at the HPN (or who prefer LJ for some reason) are of course most welcome to comment here ( Read more... ) -
Help! Where's the island!
The HPN, our island home for several years, has been hit by ... something. See more details in rattlesnakeroot's post here.
What to do? Wait and hope for the best? I don't know. I am sure that Nicc is doing everything in his powers to get things back up and running, but meanwhile we can only wait and hope for the best.
As a precaution, I have created a community, thehpn_asylum ( Read more... ) -
The HP Reread: Philosopher's Stone
Like many others in the HPN Read-A-Thon thread, I was delighted by the humorous tone, witty language and Harry's snark. Many little details, such as the Railview Hotel, had gone unnoticed in the previous reads.
DursleysIt is indeed striking how gruesome Dursleys appear towards Harry. However,more of a revelation to me was that they actually had a ( Read more... ) -
Rereading Harry Potter
It is time to attempt a complete reread of the series. Once before have I tried such a project, namely theriously with pan_alchemist, supposed to cover everything from the The Boy Who Lived to The White Tomb before the Deathly Hallows would come out. Well, after a promising start, the project never got really far ( Read more... ) -
The HPN Disapparated
Aargh, the HPN site seems to have vanished! I hope it's neither serious nor permanent... For fellow islanders here: I've sent an email to the password retrieval address Nicc set up some time, but if someone has better contacts at hand, by all means please use them. -
Oops, 4 months just went...
Looks like I haven't posted for a while. Let me see, what's new since the last entry...
1) After 9 months of insanely frequent flying between Finland and Netherlands, my fiancée (aka morgan_emerald) moved to Finland in December, the Christmas Eve, to be exact. We remain insanely happy ( Read more... ) -
RL news
Here's a short Real-Life Update ( Read more... ) -
Some MBTI discussion recovered
I managed to find a cached copy of the purged Personality Types & Favourite Characters analysis and discussion thread! I've deposited it for time being here:
http://ianus-incantatus.tripod.com/mbtisave.htmlI'm sorry about the ad-banners at that site. I'm planning to extract some of the contents of that thread, and post here by different themes (eg ( Read more... ) -
MBTI and Favourite HP characters - another analysis
Here is another study with the MBTI / favourite HP character data, using an alternative method. I now study the relationships between character-liking and each separate dimension of the personality types. I think that some interesting observations can be made in addition to those already presented.
Some basic info about method:
I put into a table ( Read more... )