The Enormous Blond Death Eater
by eleison I’d like to take a brief moment away from the juicy discussions of Snape and R.A.B. to make note of another ambiguous character who may play an important part in the final...
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Felix Felicis: Understanding Severus’s Innocence
One subject above all occupies the minds of “Half-Blood Prince” readers: Severus Snape.
In the Nature of House-Elves
by Manishika Hermione, in her crusade for elvish rights, has failed to see the basic truth behind the wizarding world’s largely unseen servants: they are not human. They do not share wizardkind’s basic self-motivation...
The Threefold Connection
by Jennifer For me, one of the most surprising things about the end of Half-Blood Prince had to do with the connections which Rowling chose to draw between Severus Snape and Tom Riddle. Harry learns...
Wands and Words: What are the Dark Arts?
by Sephia Editor’s Note: This editorial was written before HBP was releasedThere are quite a few conflicts in the Harry Potter books, dealing with everything from personal animosity to political rivalry, and of course,...
A Key in the Kitchens
by LadyTory We, as readers, fans, mad-cap theorists, obsessives and devotees, have been given a clue to the possibilities of Book 7 in the form of three initials: R.A.B. While none of can be...
Hoggyworld
by Vicki Howard As many will attest, a large percentage of HP fans are adults. But it is the kids who are the lucky benefactors of so many wonderful HP playthings. Adult fans have...
On Snape’s Evilness
by Nathan Coblentz So far I haven’t seen anyone argue for Snape being a traitor. I’m a bit taken aback to be in somewhat of a minority on this, as it seems blatantly obvious,...
EriseD and a dna DesirE, or, Ronald Weasley and the Tandem Jungian Bicycle
by AMS Ronald Weasley — paragon of passion? Come on. Get real. Pur-lease– About the only times we see Ron’s passions are when he’s a) trying to impress veela by doing something stupid, or b) trying to beat up...
