by Dave
So, now that the movie has been delayed, what does this mean for the videogame?  Apparently nothing.  Some footage was shown at the Lepzig Games Convention (YouTube link here) in Germany over the last couple of days, and the release date is still slated for this November.  The link is worth a look just to [...]

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by Dave
Since Deathly Hallows release last year, I’ve been perpetually puzzled by Voldemort’s characterization in the last two novels. Half Blood Prince humanizes Voldemort in a way that lends HBP a sophistication most of the earlier novels lack — Voldemort’s backstory both enlightens and befuddles the reader, at once shedding light on his origins [...]

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Felicity continues to dismantle the more fanciful Astronomy Tower theories with calm, reasonable evidence straight from canon with this new essay. The work on the secondary effects of spells is key, and definitely worth your time. I’m more convinced than ever that (a) Snape cast a real Killing Curse that night, and (b) [...]

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When I wrote Is Dumbledore Dead?, I tried to avoid giving away my position on the matter so as to allow for better discussion and debate. In comment #3, Allison articulated a version of “Stoppered Death,” and two comments down, I gave in and noted that that is my preferred theory. Sadly, John Granger’s article [...]

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After writing an extended essay and giving a good amount of time to letting the “Dumbledore is not dead” crowd have their say with their many theories, it appears J.K. Rowling has ended the debate. Tonight from Mugglenet:
We just left night two of An Evening with Harry, Carrie, and Garp where JK Rowling answered [...]

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Three of the most intensely debated questions surrounding Half-Blood Prince and Book 7 are “Is Harry a Horcrux?”, “Will Harry Die?”, and “Is Dumbledore Dead?” This essay (and it certainly must be essay-length) will examine the third question.
The question is more intriguing than I imagined it to be. After expressing absolute certainty that [...]

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Perhaps the most interesting issue raised by the afore-mentioned Red Hen article, Loyaulte Me Lie, is the apparently conflicting accounts we have of the night the fateful prophecy was delivered in a room above the Hog’s Head by Sybill Trelawney. I’ll state the problem, answer part of it, and leave the rest to you [...]

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“But where will you go if you don’t come back to school?”
“I thought I might go back to Godric’s Hollow,” Harry muttered. (Half-Blood Prince 651)
And it’s about time, Harry. As Harry learned all about Voldemort’s history in his private lessons with Dumbledore, an incredible difference between Harry and Voldemort became apparent: Voldemort’s desire to find [...]

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The story that the death of J.K. Rowling’s mom influenced the Harry Potter series is being recycled in the media, probably influenced by the recent screen portrayal of the death of Cedric Diggory as well as the death of Dumbledore in Half-Blood Prince. Rowling had said very early on in interviews that her mother’s death [...]

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