Category: Owl Post

Comparing Characters to Real People

by Kathleen W.  After reading Bob Sindeldecker’s column and his article Osama Bin Voldemort and George W. Fudge, I felt like I had to respectfully disagree. First of all I just want to point out how unlikely...

Potterholics Fight for Respect

by Andromeda Tonks Lord of the Rings and His Dark Materials, as well as some of the classics like Pride and Prejudice and 1984. I like Harry Potter because it’s an unreal but totally believable world that I can escape to,...

Where Were the Weasleys?

by Christina One thing struck me when re-reading OotP for about the zillionth time. In Chapter Nine (“The Woes of Mrs. Weasley”), when Harry is shown the photo of the original Order of the...

Dark Mark Musings

by Stephanie Something that’s been bugging me since I first read GoF is the matter of the Death Eaters’ identification – the Dark Mark. It seems so odd that no one at the Ministry...

Hand-Me-Downs

by Robbie Fischer Such is life in a large, not-very-well-off family. Ron Weasley is the sixth of seven children, and everything he owns is worn-out, second-hand stuff. Hand-me-downs. Second-hand stuff. Or at best, hand-knitted...

Voldemort’s Core

by Jo M.  “Why does Voldemort/Tom Riddle have a Phoenix Feather from Fawkes in his wand?” This is a question I have thought about for some time now, and I’ve finally decided to write...