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Jordan's commenting is always great. Legolas Send a noteboard - 03/08/2010 06:00:12 PM
The commentary by Jordan and McGonagall yelling at him is really nice comedic relief. I can just hear them in my head every time I read it.

Although Luna's in book six is classic as well, in a rather different way.
Then Ron waking up to Black standing over him with a knife and you automatically think that he's there to kill Harry and just had the wrong bed. That is a really good example of misdirection that become perfectly clear later on. I love that.

Yeah, the whole thing is really played very well. The only weak spot really is that it's so unlikely Pettigrew would have ended up precisely with the Weasley family... but okay, there's worse coincidences in books.
And I love the map insulting Snape when he tries to figure out what it is. And Lupin hinting at knowing Harry's Father (and the mapmakers) when he says that the creators of the map would find luring him out very funny.

That comment says rather a lot of things, I thought. Not only does it make clear that James and Sirius could be assholes, which we'll see confirmed later on, but it also simply shows that they, unlike Harry and his closest friends, are at school to learn and to try and have fun, without having mysteries or dark threats hanging over their heads all the time. Despite the fact that Voldemort must've been stronger at the time than at any point in the HP series except for book seven. Harry may be a lot like James, but his Hogwarts career happens in so very different circumstances.
And of course Harry beating out Malfoy and winning the cup for Gryffindor was classic.

Definitely.
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spoilers in headlines, mister! - 03/08/2010 05:43:22 PM 1906 Views
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Hm. - 08/08/2010 02:58:46 PM 1808 Views
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Heh. - 08/08/2010 03:05:16 PM 1954 Views
Other thoughts. *NM* - 04/08/2010 04:19:15 PM 1143 Views
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Ah, yes, my bad. - 05/08/2010 04:02:26 PM 1838 Views
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And for the last time in this book... characters? *NM* - 06/08/2010 05:03:30 PM 1030 Views
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Plotting and writing. - 06/08/2010 05:04:14 PM 1726 Views
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And everything else you noticed and want to comment on. *NM* - 06/08/2010 05:04:46 PM 1048 Views
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How good a book is this - compared to the rest of the series, and compared to YA books in general? *NM* - 28/07/2010 01:19:06 PM 1052 Views
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Absolutely. - 05/08/2010 08:15:20 PM 1955 Views
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Oh, got it. - 02/08/2010 03:12:47 PM 1880 Views
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The problem came down to actually doing the work. - 02/08/2010 03:54:21 PM 1850 Views
I never had any. - 03/08/2010 03:25:07 PM 1763 Views
I'm finding this one more difficult to discuss. - 03/08/2010 05:38:01 PM 1846 Views
Apparently you are not alone in that. - 03/08/2010 05:48:13 PM 1984 Views
I suppose this is more or less the right place for this. - 04/08/2010 11:59:45 PM 1943 Views
Hehehe - 05/08/2010 12:14:38 AM 1852 Views
I had totally forgotten about that choir and the Ray Bradbury reference. - 05/08/2010 12:37:09 AM 1766 Views
Okay, so possibly a Shakespeare reference also used by Bradbury. Whatever. *NM* - 05/08/2010 12:37:56 AM 960 Views
Possibly? It's the witches in Macbeth. *NM* - 05/08/2010 08:36:20 AM 953 Views
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Re: Since I'm being scolded, I'll try to focus. - 09/08/2010 07:57:02 PM 1808 Views
Re: Since I'm being scolded, I'll try to focus. - 09/08/2010 08:00:01 PM 1880 Views
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I knew I was gonna forget something. - 28/07/2010 06:55:50 PM 1917 Views
Perhaps - 29/07/2010 09:29:53 AM 1850 Views
I considered that, but it seemed overly non-trusting, and nobody has posted in them yet? *NM* - 29/07/2010 10:12:23 AM 863 Views
Yet - 29/07/2010 10:13:44 AM 1904 Views
<Tattoos "Poor Impulse Control" on your forehead> - 29/07/2010 11:00:07 AM 1943 Views
I may be missing a reference - 29/07/2010 11:03:47 AM 1812 Views
The villain is a huge Aleutian man with such a tattoo. *NM* - 29/07/2010 11:09:30 AM 991 Views
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Re: I think a little break might be a good idea. Give people a chance to catch up. - 02/08/2010 11:59:20 PM 1839 Views
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Yes - 03/08/2010 05:13:10 PM 1791 Views
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There are no words *NM* - 03/08/2010 05:16:51 PM 1037 Views

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