Category: Owl Post

by Betty Noir Most discussions of radical character development in the first five Harry Potter books tend to focus on “supporting characters”: often Neville and Ginny, but also, to a lesser extent, Snape and...

by Melissa “Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human-““THEN-I-DON’T-WANT-TO-BE-HUMAN!” Harry roared. – p. 824, OotP Recognize this? It is a quote from OotP that...

by Louise Fecher Although The Goblet of Fire is a series highlight for many of J.K. Rowling’s fans, it was my least favorite of the Harry Potter books. Early on in the series, I was bitten...

by Lucy Wilson According to the Sorting Hat, the Hogwarts Houses have to reconcile, or else risk danger from ““external, deadly foes”.” This storyline would not have been introduced if the Houses weren’’t eventually...

by MJ Since Prisoner of Azkaban we’ve seen Hermione, as the second lead character (sorry to all you fans of Ron, but really, you can’t deny this fact), foil the secondary villains or help to resolve...

by Ravleen As we all ruefully know, the events that took place at the Department of Mysteries were carefully acted and preplanned by Voldemort and certain Death Eaters. From the ominous vision Harry had,...

by Jenna You know what really irritates me? People who pass judgment on an idea without educating themselves on the topic first. This holds true for Harry Potter protestors. They all stand outside the cinemas and...

Bob Sindeldecker suggested in a recent editorial that both Harry and Voldemort might already be dead. According to this theory, the botched Avada Kedavra curse from Voldemort’s attempt to kill Harry on Halloween 1981 split both...

by Steff I know the question of whether Draco and Hermione will ever ‘end up’ together has been discussed several times before, but since JKR herself has said that will never happen… there goes...