Well, I admit that you have put forward some valid points, like the one about Dumbledore left Harry at the doorsteps, or the stereotypes of Houses. I myself find it impractical. Grouping students with similar characteristics provides them the appropriate nurture, sure, but the courses and teachers are the same, why bother? Students likely find the ( Read more... )

-Horrible cliché no.1:

Harry is recognized as the Heir of Gryffindor line, Slytherin line, Ravenclaw line (they don't see Hufflepuff stylish enough to have Harry as the Heir), and blah blah blah line which must be Noble and Ancient and Rich. At the same time! In the same paragraph! And this little 'occurrence' has never mentioned ever again. ( Read more... )

Again, don't even ask where this is from. I do not know. It popped up. It stuck. And I was bored with work. So I wrote. By the way, this cranky way of speech was also due to my boredom. I apologize in advance.

Warning: for those who worship the great idiom "Ignorance is bliss", please heed my advice and leave. I'm not playing the role of a prudish ( Read more... )

A while ago, San had the best luck to come across "The marriage stone", a Harry Potter fanfic. Awesome fic. Absolutely fantastic. The author has depicted Harry as a hero, of course, and not any hero, but the equivalent image of King Arthur.

For your information: We Vietnamese may hardly ever know King Arthur, but Arthurian legends are of the ( Read more... )