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On Barty Crouch Jr I never quite got how he was such a scared as poo poo kid in over his head during the trial with the Lestranges in front of his dad and was such a fanatical devoted supporter of Voldemort after that. I mean the Lestranges were completely unrepentant during the trial but Crouch Jr was Dracoing it up on the stand but after he gets outta Azkaban he's so devoted to Voldemort's cause that dad has to keep him under wraps?
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Suprfli6 posted:Veritaserum is the worst plot device in the whole series in my opinion. Even moreso than the time travel devices. quote:Despite being the most powerful truth serum in existence, it can still be resisted through different methods, including the taking its antidote and through Occlumency.[2] For the same reasons Muggles use polygraph tests, Veritaserum is no more reliable than its Muggle counterpart. Since some wizards and witches can resist its effects while others cannot, Veritaserum is "unfair and unreliable to use at a trial" and cannot be used as definite proof of guilt or innocence. Well then that doesn't seem so great does it. I personally think Apparition is the worse plot device.
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Jul 11, 2011 16:30
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reflir posted:To anyone who's gotten into the beta (there's a beta?), can you explain to me what Pottermore actually is, what it does, what there is to do? This. I need to know if I can read all about McGonagall's relationship with a Muggle and how the Dursleys met NOW
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Aug 16, 2011 15:00
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Spent half an hour trying to find that poo poo  Isn't there some some stuff about wizards and tech too?I bet Draco loves being remembered for being saved by Harry potter during the Battle of Hogwarts.
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Jul 11, 2012 02:29
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If only the antediluvian wizarding population realized the wonders of  Free Porn on the Internet.I wonder how much of this she thought of beforehand, and how much is retroactive "poo poo, I have to find some way to justify why there are wizarding radios and cars, but no TV or internet".
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Jul 11, 2012 02:52
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An adventure
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Sep 13, 2013 02:08
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Nah both would still have been better than Seamus.
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Sep 13, 2013 12:43
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Well, that might be what this play is for. It's like when Sorcerer's Stone came out and it was just "all Slytherins are evil" and Rowling threw in Slughorn later on to make it more nuanced. Maybe now we'll get a depiction of Dursley family life that is not all cartoonishly awful
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Dec 24, 2013 19:53
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Umm the headline says "J.K. Rowling Wishes Harry & Hermione Would Have Ended Up Together" but if you read the quote its more like "Ron and Hermione were a bad fit for each other". Wheres the complete interview?
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Feb 2, 2014 07:37
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quote:"I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment," she said. "That's how it was conceived, really. For reasons that have very little to do with literature and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as I first imagined it, Hermione ended up with Ron." Well I know she's said that she identifies with Hermione but that's not necessarily why she paired Hermione and Ron up. I interpreted wish fulfillment and clinging to the plot to mean that she decided to let them live happy ever after in the end, even when she sort of knew that they are very different personalities and argue too much to be the kind of relationship that realistically lasts. That's the main criticism of the Hermione/Ron relationship. But you can levy a lot of criticisms to the romances in Harry Potter; none of them were done very well from a literary standpoint, in my opinion. Maybe Arthur/Molly.
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Feb 2, 2014 08:39
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We really need some kind of story of Hogwarts in 7th year (probably the most requested thing next to a Marauders prequel) because we need to see how alpha Neville got. Like there's still this residual image in my head of the nerdy awkward kid who likes plants, but anyone who cuts off the head of a snake with a motherfucking sword is automatically the most manly guy in a room for the rest of his life. That's gotta be hard to reconcile because I'm sure he's still awkward and clumsy to some extent.
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Dumbledore is that head of the department based off of his brilliant research who doesn't actually care about teaching. No wonder he hired such lovely teachers. His decision to stay at Hogwarts is supposed to be a *noble* one, but he should probably be criticized for not stepping aside so that someone else could hire teachers based off their ability to teach rather than their importance to the Wizarding War (Snape, Slughorn, Trelawney).
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