Spinner’s End

From 2005 to 2010, “Spinner’s End” was a place where inquisitive fans worked together to weave their own webs and hopefully, unravel a few of J.K. Rowling’s!

• Half-Baked Prince/Half-Baked Harry (October 15, 2010) - by Lady Lupin The premiere of the final two Harry Potter films seems a good time for Lady Lupin to make a brief appearance at MuggleNet. With the books published, the series ended and...
• Finite Incantatem (August 21, 2007) - by Lady Lupin As I closed Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I truly felt that I had been through the war with Harry and his friends. I was elated, shell-shocked, bemused, inspired, saddened…...
• Deathly Hallows Divination (July 15, 2007) - by Lady Lupin Given the myriad of possibilities afoot in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, one might wish the help of Sybil’s illustrious ancestor, Cassandra Trelawney, to unravel the clues. J.K. Rowling has...
• The Unlikely Phoenix (March 29, 2007) - There are certain passages from Half-Blood Prince that had me pondering, and I have concluded that these thoughts are worth exploring more.
• Deathly Hallows: A Passage Through the Veil? (January 6, 2007) - by Lady Lupin We’ve waited and wondered, and we finally have a title. In her inimitable fashion, JK Rowling has once again given us a teaser and fueled our curiosities. Deathly Hallows is a...
• Coeur de Lyon (October 22, 2006) - by Lady Lupin We have pondered the possibility that Harry is to Gryffindor what Voldemort is to Slytherin – his last surviving ‘heir.’ JKR seemed to negate this theory, though inconclusively, when Emerson and...
• The Mysteries of Ancient Egypt (September 18, 2006) - by Lady Lupin From the very beginning of the Harry Potter series, JK Rowling has set up a connection to Egypt, and that connection has been occasionally reinforced in subtle ways throughout the books....
• Two for One (August 18, 2006) - by Lady Lupin The owls are flying. If I had a fireplace, I am certain that the letters would be soaring down the chimney, even as I write. My inbox is flooded and most...
• The Psyche of Severus (July 9, 2006) - by Lady Lupin Since this column is called Spinner’s End, and I have welcomed “all things Severus” to our discussions, I have decided it is time to take another look at the inscrutable Potions-cum-DADA...
• Who’s Keeping Secrets? (May 25, 2006) - by Lady Lupin Dumbledore left much unsaid. So many questions to which he alone possessed the answers have remained unexplained thus far in the series, and now one wonders how they will ever be...