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Ch. 14: The Thief

by revgeorge 11.20.2009

Quick Synopsis: After an abortive attempt to return to Grimmauld Place, the Trio instead end up in a forest. Yaxley was able to hold on long enough to get within the protective charms on the house, but Hermione shakes him off and goes to where the Quidditch Cup was held in Goblet of Fire. Ron [...]

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Chapter 13: The Muggle-Born Registration Commission

by Lily Luna 11.09.2009

This chapter continues Rowling’s depiction of the Ministry of Magic under Voldemort as Nazi Germany in miniature. There is now a commission to register, interrogate, de-wand, and imprison (or worse) muggle-born witches and wizards. Muggle-born Ministry employees are denounced and purged. Indifferent workers prepare anti-muggle-born propaganda pamphlets. Everyone keeps their [...]

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Chapter 12: Magic is Might

by Jenna St. Hilaire 10.14.2009

It’s the first day of September, and the Hogwarts Express has left the station. Ginny, Neville, and Luna boarded the train, but Harry and Ron and Hermione are still ensconced in Grimmauld Place. Death Eaters watch the square.
Dealing with Moody’s anti-Snape jinxes has become routine, the horror diminished. Harry, having made it past both spells [...]

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Portkeys and Plotholes: Melissa Anelli Solves the Goblet of Fire Question

by Travis Prinzi 10.13.2009

I’ve brought it up before here at The Hog’s Head and never received an answer satisfactory enough: Why didn’t Fake Moody just make a portkey out of Harry’s broomstick or pumpkin juice at the beginning of the year? Why the long, elaborate, risky plan?
I may have been thinking too hard about it. At the book [...]

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Chapter 11: The Bribe

by Travis Prinzi 10.06.2009

Early in this chapter comes a line you know Rowling had a double meaning for in her own mind:
Hermione: “Well, can’t you find something useful to occupy yourself?”
Ron, sarcastically: “What, like reading kids’ stories?”
I’m guessing almost everyone reading this knows someone who thinks reading Harry Potter is a waste of time.
Potter’s Politics: Hogwarts Takeover
In any [...]

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Chapter 10: Kreacher’s Tale

by Behold a Phoenix 09.28.2009

The chapter title (“Kreacher’s Tale”) implies that something will be revealed, not least the identity of R.A.B. Before we get into that, Harry wakes up and after seeing Ron and Hermione sleeping, his thoughts go to Dumbledore. His conversation with Aunt Muriel, along with Rita Skeeter’s interview regarding her new book about Dumbledore, are the [...]

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Chapter 9: A Place to Hide

by korg20000bc 09.23.2009

The jig is up!
The assembled guests have just been informed by Kingsley’s Patronus- ‘The Ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour dead. They are coming.’ Words to cause dread if ever there were. And sounding like Mene Mene Tekel Parsin to me.
The adrenalin dumps into Harry’s system and time dawdles. Like true warriors, Harry and Hermione reach for [...]

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Chapter 8: Conversations at a Wedding

by Travis Prinzi 09.18.2009

Chapter 8 is brought to you by guest-blogger Red Rocker!
The camera loves the wedding scene. It roams from one small group to another, picking up a conversation here, an argument there, a quick glimpse of a girl dancing by herself over there, a young man finding a seat at a table by an old man, [...]

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