The Cormoran Strike mystery series by Rowling’s alter ego, Robert Galbraith, poses some striking resemblances to the Hogwarts Saga. Hogwarts Professor and MuggleNet Academia co-host, John Granger, shares his analysis and predictions of the third book, ‘Career of Evil.’
Big Brother is watching you! Did Albus Dumbledore use the Hogwarts portraits as a surveillance system?
You mean we can run around the neighborhood in our Hogwarts robes and earn cool medals for it?! I know what I’m doing with my summer now.
Ten things Sabrina would do if she attended Hogwarts.
As the North American continent heats up, so too, does “Fantastic Beasts” casting news. With Eddie Redmayne now confirmed in the lead role, and other casting announced, the “MuggleCast” hosts speculate on all things to do with J.K. Rowling’s screenwriting breakthrough film. Also of note are recent Twitter revelations from JKR and Robert Galbraith, one of our Hall of Fame episodes turning five years old, and more!
J.K. Rowling’s tweet today is a short but sweet reminder to us that our invitation to Hogwarts doesn’t come in a sealed envelope – it comes with one simple, extraordinary sentence.
Because “Harry Potter” fans have come to learn that nothing J.K. Rowling writes is by chance, I embarked on this journey to look at the animal emblems of all four Hogwarts Houses. I wanted to find out how previously recorded legends, myths, and other symbolic systems mentioned these animals and how the nature of the animals in traditional symbolism reflected the House values in Rowling’s work. Gryffindor is an obvious connection between the symbol of a lion and bravery. I had to do a little more research when it came to the Ravenclaw eagle and the Hufflepuff badger, but there were interesting findings regarding those two animals and how they connected to their respective houses. For today’s post I’ll be concentrating on Slytherin House and its snake emblem.
Construction on the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Los Angeles park continues as our MuggleCast hosts eagerly await its completion. An offer is reportedly officially on the table for actor Eddie Redmayne to play Newt Scamander. As usual, there are plenty of J.K. Rowling tweets to sort through, and your hosts wax nostalgic for the first time in a special segment called “Magical Memories.” All of that and more on this, episode 278 of MuggleCast.
At LeakyCon Orlando in 2014, there were House meetups for every Hogwarts House, and when my friends reported back what happened at each meet-up, the stories seemed almost predictable: the Slytherins discussed their own awesomeness; the Gryffindors heard the Slytherins chanting and decided they had to chant louder; the Hufflepuffs had a group hug and talked about being seen as weak; and at my own House meet-up, the Ravenclaws held debates over unresolved issues with the series and celebrated the fact that the Doctor, Sherlock, Merlin, and Willow Rosenberg were all obviously Ravenclaws.
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