Quibble of the Week: “O Children: An Ode to Harry and Hermione”
Did Warner Bros. work their movie magic too much when it came to Harry and Hermione?
Category: Owl Post
Quibble of the Week: “The Indictment of Cornelius Oswald Fudge”
Our next Quibble of the Week comes from Ben Lamoureux, and he has endeavored to put Cornelius Fudge on trial for his crimes against humanity, and the Wizarding World at large.
Quibble of the Week: Do House-Elves ‘Like’ Being Enslaved?
Is it possible that house-elves, at large, do not want to be free, and that Hermione Granger was doing some kind of social damage by trying to make them so?
Quibble of the Week: ‘Did Albus Dumbledore Sacrifice James and Lily Potter in Order to Stop Lord Voldemort?’
Could Dumbledore – the brain that he is – have been the mastermind behind Voldemort’s original downfall? Did he arrange the Potters’ sacrifice for the greater good?
Quibble of the Week: ‘Harry Potter and the Nerdy Feminist’
Is Harry Potter a feminist text? One MuggleNet reader thinks so.
Quibble of the Week: “Neville and Luna: The Ship That Should Have Been”
In this Quibble hpboy13 has a bone to pick with JK Rowling. Namely, why did Neville and Luna end up marrying different (and perhaps random) characters of the ‘Potter’ universe when the books had been pointing to the two of them getting together all along? To what extent does an author have authority when readers might have different interpretations of their work?
Quibble of the Week: “Gryffindor House: The Convenient Generic?”
This Quibble from Abbii, re-evaluates the significance of one of the fandom’s most celebrated houses and whether Miss Granger was sorted into right house in the end. Or, was she simply chucked into Gryffindor to facilitate JK Rowling’s plot of the trio?
MuggleNet Editorial: The Scottish Wish List
In light of the pending Pottermore announcement, MuggleNet Editorialist Lady Lupin is back with a great piece where she runs down her list of hopes for a “Harry Potter” Encyclopedia. Let us know in the comments what you think of her wishlist and what YOU would like to see!
Media Reference MuggleNet Editorial in Parallels Between “Potter” and Death of Bin Laden
With recent world events, several news outlets, including “Reuters”, are reporting on the parallels between the “Harry Potter” series and the downfall of Osama bin Laden. They specifically reference a piece written by MuggleNet editorialist Bob Sindeldecker in his Department of Mysteries section back in 2004.
