JK Rowling: "Preserve the secrecy"
JK Rowling: JK Rowling has made a small update to her official website asking everyone who "calls themselves a Potter fan" to help keep the plot of Deathly Hallows from being spoiled:

We are almost there! As launch night looms, let's all, please, ignore the misinformation popping up on the web and in the press on the plot of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'd like to ask everyone who calls themselves a Potter fan to help preserve the secrecy of the plot for all those who are looking forward to reading the book at the same time on publication day. In a very short time you will know EVERYTHING!

We, of course, support Jo's statement and ask all of our visitors to avoid spreading information about Deathly Hallows in our comments. With the book release being less than three days away, there's no point in spoiling it now.

Instead, talk about the latest episode of SpongeBob or perhaps the upcoming Hairspray film. If you need any other topic ideas, please e-mail i need something better to do than spoil the book for everyone three days prior to the release@staff.mugglenet.com.
Posted by Andrew on Jul 18th | 346 Comments
Visitor Comments
Posted by appERINNtly Jul 18th 2007

Yes, I love Jo- if I took all my time and energy to FIND them, do you think I not love her work? I am not someone mean or evil; I LOVE the books. I do NOT want to spoil it for anyone that does not want to read it yet. I am still buying the book- in fact, two copies of the book. I am still going to the Midnight Release. I LOVE Harry Potter. But if someone would tell you that you could read the book, would you say no? Would any Harry Potter fan say no? True, it's only two days... but if I can be offered the book before, wouldn't you take it? I'm just saying. I'm not forcing anyone to take it. I don't want to spoil this for everyone. We are all similar Harry Potter fans. So, happy reading.


Posted by Matthias Jul 18th 2007

snape kills dumbledore on page 556!


Posted by SomebodyElse Jul 18th 2007

Such a heady, bittersweet feeling . . . no more speculation, no more mystery--everything known. How weird.


Posted by Lissy Jul 18th 2007

My friend just linked me to that page. I am so mad. She didn't even tell me what the link was! And of COURSE I had to click the link! I so wont say what was on that page, but it better not be true. I swear this is so not cool. Why the fudge would you spoil someone who doesn't want to be spoiled?!?! I'm so fudge pissed at everyone who posts these goddamn spoilers. I know I'm not one to talk, but get a fudge life already! Quit ruining something that some people have been waiting 10+ years for! fudge!


Posted by CheeseLover Jul 18th 2007

Soo...Spongebob...does anyone watch the new ones? I like the older ones better.


Posted by Voice_of_the_Nephilim Jul 18th 2007

Great way to keep occipied would be: Read Viridian's fantastic fan-fiction "Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past". Absolutely spectacular, follows the same timeline as the original books, but with a spectacular twist. Top-notch writing, the best i've ever encountered in a fan-fiction for any genre. http://www.phoe nixsong.net/fanfiction/st ory/3365/ Enjoy.


Posted by RedFawkes Jul 18th 2007

Yay JKR! Finally, someone is telling some of the stupid idiots who thinks it's funny to stop. JKR told you, so you better listen. She's awesome.


Posted by pottergirl171 Jul 18th 2007

cheesselover, ilike you pretend spoiler in the end it'sorta funny


Posted by Abbeyme Jul 18th 2007

I totally agree with no spoilers. People that put out spoilers are doing just that, spoiling the book for other people. Maliciously spoiling it. They are jerks. ...And this is just for the person who posted this peice of news, Andrew, I hate spongebob even though most of my friends like the show, and I am so excited for Hairspray. Not as excited as I am for Harry Potter of course, but I'm still excited. It comes out 1 day after my B-Day and Harry Potter comes out 2 days after so this week ROCKS!!!!!!


Posted by x_Aemman_x Jul 18th 2007

omg...SPONGEBOB SPONGEBOB SPONGEBOB!!! I luv him!!!!! how he come he came out of the blue???...ah well...i LUV spongebob


Posted by medwards Jul 18th 2007

appERINNtly: I would say no if someone offered me the book ahead of time because I have enough respect for Jo to wait until the release like she has asked us to do. You are not a true fan of Jo's if you have betrayed her trust. And as glad as I am that you haven't released anything, I still think it's wrong to read it before time. but it's your choice. I'm going to save the magic for as long as I can


Posted by xxgryffindorrocksxx Jul 18th 2007

lets talk bout something ramdon...how about chocolate covered fish??


Posted by HPfreak4ever Jul 18th 2007

haha nice alternative, andrew.


Posted by Lissy Jul 18th 2007

Hahaha mugglenet changed my f-words to fudge. Oh Mugglenet de-intensifying my rage.


Posted by HP_FAN_07 Jul 18th 2007

I have not watched spongebob... but I do want to see Hairspray.


Posted by sirius_lee Jul 18th 2007

cheesecake any1??? aw man spongebob is over


Posted by younoob Jul 18th 2007

every website i go to, there's spoilers around. i was just on facebook and someone posted spoilers even youtube and myspace. ahhhh saturday needs to come soon!


Posted by suenardone Jul 18th 2007

Apperinntly, believe it or not, most true Potter fans would not go to those links to see what the spoilers are. We have waited the better part of our lives for this moment to arrive. The midnight celebrations, the feeling of the crisp cover in our hands. Knowing that our eyes were the first eyes to spy the words on those pages. That is where the magic is. There is no magic is stealing JKR's work, something that she took from nothing to the biggest something in the world right now, and posting in the web where it can spread like wildfire. Yes, there are some posers out there who are going to delve into the sites and check it out. Most of us won't because there is something special and magical knowing that you are sharing the moment of the books release with thousands and thousands of people.


Posted by Gryffindor_Rawr Jul 18th 2007

You Have To Be A Right Idiot, And Hardly A Harry Potter Fan To Leak Your So Called 'Spoilers'. Get A Life. Please. Some People Actually Want To Wait And Find Out The Right Way, Other Then Some Load Of Rubbish You Might Come Out With.


Posted by britishwannabe Jul 18th 2007

Speaking of Hairspray, it's coming out on the 20th so I watch Hairspray and go to my 6 hour DH party!!!! WOOOOOT. And also, those who give out spoilers have no lives.


Posted by sugarblue2 Jul 18th 2007

CHEESECAKE! CHEESECAKE! CHEESECAKE!


Posted by Tonks1975 Jul 18th 2007

I hope they are not true!!! I have been very good to not look at the spoilers. but than I come on here and there are certain people that just post them with no warning, one person even used a spoiler as there screen name. How rotten are they? I know that it is a risk and that there is a warning up top but that does not make the people who do it any less rotten. I so hope they are not true. I have only been spoiled on one thing but it is a big one. I think most of you will know what I am talking about. I hope it is false, I have never been spoiled for any of the other books I would hate think that the last one got ruined.


Posted by ashurlito Jul 18th 2007

girl faggit fudge ass horny THESER ARE BAD WORDS


Posted by ShadowWolf0713 Jul 18th 2007

So... Hairspray... I've seen the previews and it does look good, but I dunno about it being 'today's Grease.' grease was just too cool, just like Jamie. ;)-


Posted by xxgryffindorrocksxx Jul 18th 2007

haha they change the f-words to fudge.... thats quite funny actually :P


Posted by srose2270 Jul 18th 2007

lol, i love the alternative choices. so... spongebob...


Posted by pottergirl171 Jul 18th 2007

about the chocolate covered fish thing someone said we should talk about, well i was watching travel channel and i one country there is a factory who's best seller was chocolate covered squid. I ALso have to say that spongebob is awesome!!!


Posted by MyThreeWizards Jul 18th 2007

As I said on one of the other articles: that zendurl page that purports to be a synopsis of the online photographed DH is really a hodge-podge. Not everything that is on there is correct, so, if you did happen to look, just get off the internet now and be secure in the fact that you really don't know what is going to happen (or how--the essence is really in the "how"--the journey--anyway, not in a laundry list of supposed "facts").


Posted by jedi2814 Jul 18th 2007

......and it was Ginny who opened the Chamber and Voldy's orignal name is.... I'm not going to spoil that for everyone -- you'll have to read the book to find out that LV was Tom Riddle!! OOPS!!! :)


Posted by JudasPriest Jul 18th 2007

ARE THE SPOILERS FAKE??


Posted by medwards Jul 18th 2007

suenardone: I could not have said it better myself. I am absolutly horrified that "fans" would steal Jo's work and post it everywhere. She has poured her heart and soul into this! She has dedicated the last ten years of her life to this and some idiots have to ruin it. Thats just wrong.


Posted by SnapesArmy15 Jul 18th 2007

Does any1 know if the spoilers on this site are real cause these r the only ones i have read : www.zendurl.com/hallows/ ( yea don't go 2 this website cause i think they might be real)


Posted by appERINNtly Jul 18th 2007

Okay, I'm being nice, and I'm leaving. I've offered to help people- if you don't want it, I completely understand. Bye people. Happy reading, and I hope it all turns out the way we want it to!


Posted by Matthias Jul 18th 2007

well let's just forget about spoilers until saturday. change topic. how about discussing the bible ;)


Posted by Mrs_Spartz Jul 18th 2007

It's the best day ever.... I haven't watched Supnge Bob in forever. Thanks Andrew!


Posted by SPEW07 Jul 18th 2007

yea people who spoil need to get a fudge life. i think. STOP SPOILING


Posted by Abbeyme Jul 18th 2007

Cheeselover, I love your spoiler. It’s totally going to happen. I also agree with xxgryffindorrocksxx. Let’s talk about chocolate covered fish. As long as they are Swedish fish and not real fish though. That would be nasty. Who likes “So You Think You Can Dance†because it is coming on tonight and I’m quite excited. It’s going to be awesome. Goodbye Ya’ll.


Posted by RedFawkes Jul 18th 2007

I'm listening to the Moaning Myrtles. Gosh, they're so funny. Okay, so Hairspray, it looks funny a cute, but it's not like I'm going to wait in line to see it, like I did for the HP movie. But it looks cute. 2 MORE DAYS!!!!!AHHH


Posted by rooon Jul 18th 2007

Thank you to everyone listening to Jo! It's her book,so PLEASE respect it! When you put out spoilers you are also ruining it for her,not just the rest of the world.


Posted by CheeseLover Jul 18th 2007

However much I hate spoilers, I don't pay any attention to them. After all, how likely is it that someone got Deathly Hallows earlier than the rest of us? That said, I still stand by MY "spoiler" which I reccomend people read (just to get their mind off things). If anyone's bored and likes HP art, here's a good link http://acciobrain.ligerma gic.com/ BTW, thank you pottergirl171


Posted by JJ171539 Jul 18th 2007

I swear mugglenet is really damm stupid. They say they agree with JKR about not posting spoilers but they have a message in red at the top of the page basically telling us we can post spoilers from deathly hallows. That is like ultimate hipocricy.


Posted by HP_FAN_07 Jul 18th 2007

POLL:: Thus far, who has been your favorite MINOR character, and why??


Posted by xxgryffindorrocksxx Jul 18th 2007

it was me hu said bout the choccie covered fish, pottergirl1711 :) chocotale coated squid sounds even randomer!! :P and even more disgustin :) xoxo


Posted by suenardone Jul 18th 2007

Thank you Medwards. I am glad that some of us have some shread of dignity in this tainted world we live in. Stealing is stealing. These folks will say, well, I didn't take those pictures of the book and I didn't put them on the internet, I just read them and linked the site to everyone I know. Yeah, but that, too, is stealing. You were privy to something that you shouldn't have been. Just don't do it.


Posted by Alex_D_Black Jul 18th 2007

Ok so I am going to make a comment(duh)! I was just at the sight with the spoilers and I was like so they have scans...Hmm intersting...So then I looked at the page numbers in the scan it said 739...And by the looks of the scans it was the US Edition of DH...So then I am like didn't the US Edition of DH have more pages then that??? So I checked...Three time btw...And I found that the US Edition has 784 pages!!! And it couldn't be a decorated UK Edition because it has only 604 pages...SO therefor this person wrote out things to the most believable way the he could and probably scanned some old book and made up his own ending...Which wouldn't be that hard because if we all wanted to we could write our own ending for the Harry Potter series...And we could doctor up some photos to look real...So enjoy!!!


Posted by Nailson Jul 18th 2007

nice one Matthias, which book of the bible shall we discuss?


Posted by oh_so_suave Jul 18th 2007

lmfao!!!! did n.e body besides me write to that email? hahahaha i cant believe its lyk 2 days AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!! omg omg omg omg i wish i had some REAL hp fan friends to freak out with-at least i got mugglenet


Posted by _i_heartBLACK Jul 18th 2007

I'm glad JK made it publicly known that she hoped everyone would suppress their need to spoil her hard work for everyone. I've been very careful as to where I visit on the internet this past week or so, just because of the losers who find it fun to ruin these things. Frankly, I'd rather make this final journey with Harry on my own. For one dedicated fan that has grown up with Harry and the rest of the characters, this is a bittersweet goodbye...and I'd rather it not be interrupted by the mere fact that I know what's happening in Chapter (?). Harry continues his journey not fully knowing what lies ahead for him, and that is how I plan on embarking on our last adventure together. So thank you JKR and MUGGLENET for posting this. Hopefully the words coming straight from the Wonder Writer herself will have an impact on potential spoilers.


Posted by pottergirl171 Jul 18th 2007

i had to name all the books of the bible once


Posted by weasleysgirl Jul 18th 2007

I'm glad that JK is getting people to stop with the spoilers. Personally, I've been hiding from them all day. My sister listened to the radio and they spoiled it for her, so I hope that whoever started this gets sued for everything that they're worth. I mean what's the point of ruining something for people who loved Harry Potter? I doubt any real fans would want to read anything other than what Jo wrote herself..in the books. I'd be disgusted with myself if I read the spoilers..might as well have not bothered reading the series the last 8 years.






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